I saw Midnight Oil in Chicago when I was 15 years old (1987) at the Aragon Ballroom and it changed my life. It was a school night, and had no drivers license, but had a friend a year older who was willing to drive into the city. Aboriginal people were on stage playing instruments I have never heard before. Midnight Oil has influenced me dedicate my career to helping improve the environment and the safety of employees in the workplace. Thank you Midnight Oil!
@@fargeeks Unless you clipped Paul Kelly's toenails, you wouldn't understand... Please ref earlier comment by someone saying unless you saw midnight oil live you could never understand them.
I remember coming across the oils in the late 80s and they changed my life. Listening to the lyrics puts you in Australia. I have just started to listen to their music again and the messages they portray are still relevant now.
No 1 Australian rock band ever This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-) My a The best Aussie band ever, if you saw them live, you know what I mean
Have seen these fellas perform in concert 6 times. Drove from San Diego to Los Angeles once to see them, and saw them again next day in San Diego. Could not get enough. Hunters and collectors, another awesome Aussie band and to me one of best EVER rock groups, on the same bill. Pure heaven, that show... I recall just where I was in 1983, the first time I ever heard Oils coming out of my car speakers on 91X radio station in San Diego. Power and the passion. I was heading south on Kettner Bvd. It smacked me right in the face. I though holy shit! Who are these guys...? Tower records was close by. I drove right to there and bought that album. Had to hear more, and asap...
The change of format by 91X back in 1983 was literally a life saver for me. I had been in a deep funk for three YEARS at the time after two back to back break-ups and simply looking forward to listening to new sounds and bands from everywhere kept me distracted and interested. Midnight oil was one of them that provided interest. These bands had their own unique sounds and styles, and most of all they had what the late great Sam Cooke once said distinguished a good song from an unsuccessful one - HOOKS. In this one it's the "Raaaaaaaaaiiin in the valley below". Today's songs lack those hooks. I'll take the sounds from the '80s over those of the '70s and '90s. No contest.
"Don't put me up on your bedroom wall" was always kinda funny to me because I had a Midnight Oil poster on the wall of my bedroom when I listened to this song every day.
It’s about what we believe in, our care for, and then our act upon that matters, that’s his point I feel. We may idolise our wise ones and they are only there to be before us, that where we can also be, in our ways~
Best memory of peter was Melbourne `1982ish, walking down the street outside, toward the parliament. My father refused to stop the car...May we may see more~ US
Greatest protest ever..... i was in grade 5 when our teacher showed us .. in class.. just right after the Exxon Valdez disaster oil spill... and i was in Papua New guinea..😎😎😎😎 Australian living treasures...
Bro I'm a kiwi and I'd love to sink a few steinys and have a good long yarn with them they are legends who used their platform to raise awareness on so many issues. Absolute champions
I think you'd hear this from an awful lot of Kiwis. First time for me was the DB Sandridge, Sydenham, Christchurch, NZ in 1981, I think. Most outstanding was the 10-to-1 show at the CHCH Town Hall in, maybe, 1983 or 4?? Also heard PG speak at Cant'y Uni in about '83; very impressive. I'd say that the correct attitude to strike is to consider Midnight Oil as being an 'antipodean band' rather than an Australian band (like, say, Cold Chisel - they can have them to themselves).
Ahh Cmon Bro your not still brewing because we took Dragon & Split Enz it was 40 years ago! You can have Rolf Harris back isn’t he a kiwi? Well he is now take him! lol
Midnight Oil was my teens. I saw them live in Melbourne in 1982. It was my first concert and I was fifteen. I saw them many times live, last time in Hobart, 2018. I was fifty one. Awesome band.
The rhythmic flow of the lyrics in this song is just perfect. The choppy phrasing in the verses. The drawn out "raaaaaiiiiiiin in the valley" pre-chorus. "Say you're Peter / Say you're Paul". It's so catchy. I loved this as a little kid even when I had no idea what it was about. Lesson to all political bands: wrap your message in gorgeous pop hooks - that's how you get it out there.
God, every time I hear this song, I shiver with joy. It may be after years, it doesnt matter. This is one of the songs that will come together forever, until the end.
Few 80's bands really stand up to time. Midnight Oil is one that does, magnificently.. In some ways they are as fresh, and as urgent, as they were 40 years ago.
No 1 Australian rock band ever just discovered this. born in 93 I am in love. just discovered this. born in 93 I am in love. I'm starting to love this band
Love you Oils reminds me of my Dad driving his torana up from Sydney to Coffs Harbour in the 80s and I was just a kid in the back. So much has changed mass this mass that makes me appreciate the simplicity of what I knew my country Australia to be.
Both the video and the song are so contagious: you're leaving your job after another boring job day and then you run into Midnight Oil playing FOR FREE!
Agree -- I seen hundreds of bands but seeing Midnight Oil Live still has stuck with me all these years later -- Ive seen U2, Stones, AC/DC,GNR, and all the other great bands...
This song is about Mt. Cooroora, in the Noosa Hinterland In Queensland Australia in the town of Pomona. I have spoken to Robbie Hirst, Midnight Oil 's former drummer and he confirmed this. There is a foot race up Mt. Cooroora on the fourth Sunday of July every year called 'King of the Mountain’. Plus it’s part of a larger mountain range in the area and have spectacular views and large valleys where the mist rolls off the hills. The area surrounding Pomona contains many cane fields and the term ‘cane cockies’ refers to a farmer. In Australia there are a number of cockies including cow cockies, cane cockies and wheat cockies. Cocky arose in the 1870s and is an abbreviation of cockatoo farmer. This was then a disparaging term for small-scale farmers, probably because of their habit of using a small area of land for a short time and then moving on, in the perceived manner of cockatoos feeding.
I was there....great concert, great times, back in the day....... the Oils were a group born of their time, along with all those amazing Aussie bands we use to go to the pub to listen to on a sunday arvo....
I was lucky enough to discover them on my trip to Austrailia in the 80's and then being able to see them in concert and meet up with them over the years.On their last world tour I was able to have my son meet them twice as they came through Seattle. These were show's we will never forget.
I only discovered this band recently, and i cannot get enough of them. Being a teenager in todays modern generation, I wish more bands would be more like this. Sing about the troubles of our world, to try and sway opinion to fix these troubles. But everything is about money anymore
unfortunately that ship has sailed, thanks to the devalue-ing of music in today's short-attention spanned internet culture. Anything of substance is passed over for someone shaking their ass or whatever pop-country teen idol is the flavor of the day
Don't feel bad. I remember 'Beds Are Burning' from when I was a wee little tyke, and decades later giving them a good listen. Now I'm hooked like a crackhead on payday. To me, this is who U2 wishes they were!
I'm Serbian,and i love them from the childhood.I have all albums of them.Unfortunately, in my country, very few people even know about them because they are not as frequent.
I’m a fellow Serbian raised in Australia. When I was 20 I moved over there and introduced my whole extended family & friends to Midnight Oil and many other Australian bands! They fell in love with the music and felt a bit of Australian culture in them too. Pozdrav!
Midnight Oil are truly something special ❤️ we need more bands like them that sing about the big issues. Loved them my whole life - my dad played their stuff when he drove me around as a kid
Song about King of the Mountain , about an endurance race still held in Pomona QLD called King of the Mountain Festival held in July .Watch out for cane trains....
I love the fact they rock up out the front of Exxon-Mobil @ the WTC in New York City and tell them how it is in the form of some of the best songs ever written. 😎🤘✊
i'm aussie and i'm just getting into midnight oil and tonight is the first time i've ever kicked back and had a good listen to all their great songs. and my mind is being blown! what a great sound! and message in their music. they were a huge part of of mt childhood and growing up.
I was a fan waaaay back when they broke in the states- and I still love em- they were way ahead of anything back then and their music translates quite nicely in 2010. You guys ROCK.
Just a fantastic song,the Oils given it to those sepos,I actually seen the the Exonn Valdez in 89 when I was in San Diego,it was on the slip way getting repaired,I was not happy,but holidaying in the US was great,all the way from Perth,cheers Peter Garrett.
Back in 1997 when i was 15 my Grandmother died of a heart attack suddenly. I was due to compete against the year 12's in the school athletics carnival i wasn't going to compete but after listening to this song i was so motivated i wasn't only going to compete, i was going to win. I won and Australia's leading racecaller Matty Hill who was a colleague called me a courageous boy then even better my Dad was in tears when i won. Peter Garrett is a true Australian icon and even better vocalist.
41 years ago I saw Midnight Oil at The Royal Antler Narrabeen. I have to thank the boys from The Strand house at Dee Why for taking me to the gig. It was late 1979, a warm night, people pouring jugs of iced water on each other and Peter Garrett's head, steam coming from the Lead Singer's bald cranium. Their music and especially their lyrics have made THE OILS one of the most important Rock bands in history. This new song ' Gadigal Land' is an instant Oils Classic. Words cannot describe how much I love this track. Sydney Radio station MMM played it every hour yesterday, so credit to them for that. Before they played it the first time I was thinking " oh, I hope it's good " I loved it from the opening chords, the thumping Drums, the throbbing Bass and Garrett's vocals delivering every word that is punching the Colonial invaders in the face. Well done boys, this is excellent!
This song is fantastic and the backing vocals really make it great. The musical hooks in this song well it speaks for itself. Miss the good Aussie bands we had so many once upon a time. Midnight oil, Hunter and collectors, AC/DC, INXS, The saints, Neil fin, Nick Cave, the list really goes on. I'm sure there is some great bands around now they get drowned out by garbage all over youtube and other areas unfortunately.
Whoever directed this video = genius. This was way ahead of its time. How it was shot, edited. I remember it came out in 1989 after the Exxon Valdez spill....32 years ago when MTV still played music videos.
No 1 Australian rock band ever just discovered this. born in 93 I am in love. i thought peter BROCK was the king of the mountain. By far ome of the most underrated bands of the 80s!
This video is from their Midnight Oil - Black Rain Falls taken on May 30, 1990. I had to dig up my Laser Disc to check. Peter Garrett had all proceeds from the sales of this album donated to Greenpeace. His band drove up in front of Exxon Oil Headquarters at noon time in midtown Manhattan on a Flat Bed that day for a special Guerilla Action of which would be a live recording. Their banner reading "Midnight Oil Makes You Dance, Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick."
Even if you're pushed to the wall, for the things you believe in, you don't give in. Nicely said, Peter!! I like that. I love Midnight Oil. Such a totally awesome band!! "KEEP ROCKING, AUSTRALIA!!"
Songs by the Oils make me DAMN proud to be australia....I really wish the message was spread further. Good to see folks from an international audience viewing their videos though.
So good! Had a few drinks with the fella who owned the land next door the other night. Known him for years and only just told me about his connection to this. As a pom he wasn't aware i might be interested! Midnight oil were a big part of my music playings growing up! x
I am an aussie, saw the oils perform in a pub way before anyone even knew who they where, i was in my teens, peter garet had so much energy on stage, i knew back then that this band would have great success, my fav ossie band ever
Onde estão as bandas que cantam por uma razão verdadeira e inteligente? Midnight Oil eternamente em meu coração. Como dizia minha avó... hoje em dia não se faz música como antigamente.
"King of the Mountain was inspired by the footrace up Mt Cooroora in SE Qld, and the incredible natural beauty and unique history of the Noosa hinterland; it is not a reference to motor racing at Mt. Panorama in Bathurst. Best wishes.” - Rob Hirst (drummer for Midnight Oil)
В 1998 году брат принес видеомагнитофон. Я посмотрев фильмы, записанные на видеокассете. Обнаружил видео клипы, записанные в конце. И там я увидел этот клип! Запомнить мне его не удалось. Но спустя 20 лет, я нарвался на эту группу. Это шедевр! Ребята, вы крутые! 👍👍👍💪💪💪
I saw midnight oil when they came to Wittenoom last races in 1989 it was amazing to see them live and I'm looking forward to see them again when they are in cairns in April 2022
first time i listened to diesel and dust i was blown away, and i've been a fan ever since. i wore out the blue sky mining cassette when i was deployed in desert storm. too bad the world wasn't ready for them.
The year was 1990, i had my first job in Auckland, New Zealand at a place that made refigerator doors. This song and about 3 others from the same album were played on the works radio daily. When i hear them now it takes me back to those days. I was 16 then, now im 45 and living in England. Time goes quick.
My a The best Aussie band ever, if you saw them live, you know what I mean 🔊MEU DEUS, QUE SAUDADES DESSA ÉPOCA. ESSES CARAS SÃO MAGNÍFICOS!!!! ETERNA BANDA😎👍.
I saw Midnight Oil in Chicago when I was 15 years old (1987) at the Aragon Ballroom and it changed my life. It was a school night, and had no drivers license, but had a friend a year older who was willing to drive into the city. Aboriginal people were on stage playing instruments I have never heard before. Midnight Oil has influenced me dedicate my career to helping improve the environment and the safety of employees in the workplace. Thank you Midnight Oil!
I think they opened a hell of a lot of eyes
And they still are
I only got into them a month or two ago and I love ‘em
@@rohcool323 it's never too late 😊
God bless you sir from Australia
im american i do get it .i have seen the oil live twice and have been a fan since 1981.have all midnight oils albums
BY FAR their most underrated song.
Liar
And their best
Stars of Warburton.
agree
This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-)
sorry unless you saw then play in pubs here......... in their hey day ......you really dont understand
I like Paul Kelly
You should listen to Leaps and Bounds
From your fellow American
@@lornastrachan9234 That's a wanky thing to say....
@@fargeeks Unless you clipped Paul Kelly's toenails, you wouldn't understand... Please ref earlier comment by someone saying unless you saw midnight oil live you could never understand them.
argwyth you got good taste in music. Good on ya 👍
this song makes cry every time I hear it.
OILs forever
Why?
I remember coming across the oils in the late 80s and they changed my life. Listening to the lyrics puts you in Australia. I have just started to listen to their music again and the messages they portray are still relevant now.
Have a go at the 20,000watts RSL album brother it's brilliant
No 1 Australian rock band ever
This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-)
My a
The best Aussie band ever, if you saw them live, you know what I mean
Have seen these fellas perform in concert 6 times. Drove from San Diego to Los Angeles once to see them, and saw them again next day in San Diego. Could not get enough. Hunters and collectors, another awesome Aussie band and to me one of best EVER rock groups, on the same bill. Pure heaven, that show... I recall just where I was in 1983, the first time I ever heard Oils coming out of my car speakers on 91X radio station in San Diego. Power and the passion. I was heading south on Kettner Bvd. It smacked me right in the face. I though holy shit! Who are these guys...? Tower records was close by. I drove right to there and bought that album. Had to hear more, and asap...
You have some great tastes. Always remember Doc Neeson from The Angels!! Holy shit
The change of format by 91X back in 1983 was literally a life saver for me. I had been in a deep funk for three YEARS at the time after two back to back break-ups and simply looking forward to listening to new sounds and bands from everywhere kept me distracted and interested. Midnight oil was one of them that provided interest. These bands had their own unique sounds and styles, and most of all they had what the late great Sam Cooke once said distinguished a good song from an unsuccessful one - HOOKS. In this one it's the "Raaaaaaaaaiiin in the valley below". Today's songs lack those hooks. I'll take the sounds from the '80s over those of the '70s and '90s. No contest.
One Aussie band I'd recommend you look into if you like these guys and Hunters and Collectors is Cold Chisel.
arguably one of the best bands to come out of the 80s.....and Australia!!!!
As a kid I thought this was about Peter Brock. It'll always be Brocky's song for me.
"Don't put me up on your bedroom wall" was always kinda funny to me because I had a Midnight Oil poster on the wall of my bedroom when I listened to this song every day.
+Marko Ramius Rebel.
It’s about what we believe in, our care for, and then our act upon that matters, that’s his point I feel. We may idolise our wise ones and they are only there to be before us, that where we can also be, in our ways~
Best memory of peter was Melbourne `1982ish, walking down the street outside, toward the parliament. My father refused to stop the car...May we may see more~ US
What a coincidence
Was it the Red Sails In The Sunset cover? Me too :-)
Greatest protest ever..... i was in grade 5 when our teacher showed us .. in class.. just right after the Exxon Valdez disaster oil spill... and i was in Papua New guinea..😎😎😎😎 Australian living treasures...
I so miss the 80's!
me too
@@dmariebella6309 Literally the best decade of my life!
Love those Americans in the crowd who pretty quickly realised they were hearing some excellent stuff and started rockin out! ✌✊
A band ahead of their time. saw them live four times....unbelievable energy and passion.
Won't hear this from many Kiwis but this is one aussie band I would drink a steiny with. Cheers to the band for sticking up for the little people.
Love from Australia cuzzy
Bro I'm a kiwi and I'd love to sink a few steinys and have a good long yarn with them they are legends who used their platform to raise awareness on so many issues. Absolute champions
I think you'd hear this from an awful lot of Kiwis. First time for me was the DB Sandridge, Sydenham, Christchurch, NZ in 1981, I think. Most outstanding was the 10-to-1 show at the CHCH Town Hall in, maybe, 1983 or 4?? Also heard PG speak at Cant'y Uni in about '83; very impressive. I'd say that the correct attitude to strike is to consider Midnight Oil as being an 'antipodean band' rather than an Australian band (like, say, Cold Chisel - they can have them to themselves).
Ahh Cmon Bro your not still brewing because we took Dragon & Split Enz it was 40 years ago! You can have Rolf Harris back isn’t he a kiwi? Well he is now take him! lol
Im from US what the hell does it mean to be a Kiwi
Midnight Oil was my teens. I saw them live in Melbourne in 1982. It was my first concert and I was fifteen.
I saw them many times live, last time in Hobart, 2018. I was fifty one.
Awesome band.
The rhythmic flow of the lyrics in this song is just perfect. The choppy phrasing in the verses. The drawn out "raaaaaiiiiiiin in the valley" pre-chorus. "Say you're Peter / Say you're Paul". It's so catchy. I loved this as a little kid even when I had no idea what it was about. Lesson to all political bands: wrap your message in gorgeous pop hooks - that's how you get it out there.
Greetings from Poland, Midnight Oil. You're the best band it ever created.😀
I saw these guys in Pittsburgh in '93. Still talk about it to this day with my brother. They made me dance, and I DO NOT dance lol
LOL...Yeah, they have that effect.
You Rock!
Did you dance like Peter Garret? Best dance ever.
Word up! Some need drugs to experience that
They had a go
Goodbye Bones! RIP. Play on Midnight Oil!
We need your message & music now more than ever!
God, every time I hear this song, I shiver with joy. It may be after years, it doesnt matter. This is one of the songs that will come together forever, until the end.
One of my favorites by the Oils; especially the crisp drumming and Rickenbacker “jingle jangle”
I started listening to the Oils as a kid, I'm 32 now! still jamming to them. glad to be going to their last ever tour
This song playing over loud speaker at Bathurst while Peter Brock flew across the top of the mountain. Just beautiful
Few 80's bands really stand up to time. Midnight Oil is one that does, magnificently.. In some ways they are as fresh, and as urgent, as they were 40 years ago.
No 1 Australian rock band ever
just discovered this. born in 93
I am in love.
just discovered this. born in 93
I am in love.
I'm starting to love this band
What a ripper. Pure energy captured in 4 minutes.
This song brings me back to the golden era of the Walk About -Shepherds Bush -London 😁
R.I.P bones Hillman your in rock heaven now♥️
Right on my brother
Great bassist...great band....
Oh man.
Just found out today. Playing Oils in memory.
Love you Oils reminds me of my Dad driving his torana up from Sydney to Coffs Harbour in the 80s and I was just a kid in the back. So much has changed mass this mass that makes me appreciate the simplicity of what I knew my country Australia to be.
3:12 That section, to when it ends on "out further than the bush, I will follow you"...is just phenomenal genius vocal phrasing by Garrett!
Thank god there are people like the 'Oils' that care about the serious issues affecting people and raise awareness by producing songs like this.
Seeing these guys in just a few days for their final ever Aussie tour. Can't wait!
Both the video and the song are so contagious: you're leaving your job after another boring job day and then you run into Midnight Oil playing FOR FREE!
Agree -- I seen hundreds of bands but seeing Midnight Oil Live still has stuck with me all these years later -- Ive seen U2, Stones, AC/DC,GNR, and all the other great bands...
This song is about Mt. Cooroora, in the Noosa Hinterland In Queensland Australia in the town of Pomona. I have spoken to Robbie Hirst, Midnight Oil 's former drummer and he confirmed this. There is a foot race up Mt. Cooroora on the fourth Sunday of July every year called 'King of the Mountain’. Plus it’s part of a larger mountain range in the area and have spectacular views and large valleys where the mist rolls off the hills. The area surrounding Pomona contains many cane fields and the term ‘cane cockies’ refers to a farmer.
In Australia there are a number of cockies including cow cockies, cane cockies and wheat cockies. Cocky arose in the 1870s and is an abbreviation of cockatoo farmer. This was then a disparaging term for small-scale farmers, probably because of their habit of using a small area of land for a short time and then moving on, in the perceived manner of cockatoos feeding.
I was there....great concert, great times, back in the day....... the Oils were a group born of their time, along with all those amazing Aussie bands we use to go to the pub to listen to on a sunday arvo....
Midnight Oil really gave it to THE MAN , they couldn't stop them , power to the people .
I was lucky enough to discover them on my trip to Austrailia in the 80's and then being able to see them in concert and meet up with them over the years.On their last world tour I was able to have my son meet them twice as they came through Seattle. These were show's we will never forget.
Randy...check my aussie band too ...you might dig it as we were very influenced by them th-cam.com/video/VjxLtraxGTU/w-d-xo.html
Mate we get to see them into days to.e I can t wait it's been a long ti.e since I seen them ply
God bless from Australia
In the middle of the continent USA where everyone's out to sea, lovin that people put the Oils on the Tube! Love em.
I only discovered this band recently, and i cannot get enough of them. Being a teenager in todays modern generation, I wish more bands would be more like this. Sing about the troubles of our world, to try and sway opinion to fix these troubles. But everything is about money anymore
unfortunately that ship has sailed, thanks to the devalue-ing of music in today's short-attention spanned internet culture. Anything of substance is passed over for someone shaking their ass or whatever pop-country teen idol is the flavor of the day
Don't feel bad. I remember 'Beds Are Burning' from when I was a wee little tyke, and decades later giving them a good listen. Now I'm hooked like a crackhead on payday. To me, this is who U2 wishes they were!
Shaun Hamilton so true shaun it was never about the money it was about getting the message through
You don't look hard enough. You aren't edgy and cool if you scratch the surface and then tell everyone else about how hard your "struggles" are.
Dont get to excited. Peter got into politics and ruined his reputation royaly
😊 Hello, A close friend of mine went to a Midnight Oil concert and he never wanted to go home......that's how BRILLIANT you guys are...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😅😊🎉
This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-)
No 1 Australian rock band ever
God bless you sir from Australia 🇦🇺
and more than 20 years later oil is still king of the mountain
I'm Serbian,and i love them from the childhood.I have all albums of them.Unfortunately, in my country, very few people even know about them because they are not as frequent.
We certainly were bless to live in Australia during this time.
Check out other Aussie bands like Hunters and collectors.
Red gum
Goanna .
As a fellow Serbian - Australian born, you have good taste, old school aussie bands are top ✌👌
I’m a fellow Serbian raised in Australia. When I was 20 I moved over there and introduced my whole extended family & friends to Midnight Oil and many other Australian bands! They fell in love with the music and felt a bit of Australian culture in them too. Pozdrav!
@@Sara-bv3nc yep old school Aussie bands are VRH! 🤘🏻💕
By far ome of the most underrated bands of the 80s!
Thank you Mid-night Oil. I don't wish to be no King. But thank you all for waking me up to my highest self 👍
Midnight Oil are truly something special ❤️ we need more bands like them that sing about the big issues. Loved them my whole life - my dad played their stuff when he drove me around as a kid
Song about King of the Mountain , about an endurance race still held in Pomona QLD called King of the Mountain Festival held in July .Watch out for cane trains....
I love the fact they rock up out the front of Exxon-Mobil @ the WTC in New York City and tell them how it is in the form of some of the best songs ever written. 😎🤘✊
influenced my band ...thats for sure ....see if you can spot it th-cam.com/video/VjxLtraxGTU/w-d-xo.html
i'm aussie and i'm just getting into midnight oil and tonight is the first time i've ever kicked back and had a good listen to all their great songs. and my mind is being blown! what a great sound! and message in their music. they were a huge part of of mt childhood and growing up.
I was a fan waaaay back when they broke in the states- and I still love em- they were way ahead of anything back then and their music translates quite nicely in 2010. You guys ROCK.
Just a fantastic song,the Oils given it to those sepos,I actually seen the the Exonn Valdez in 89 when I was in San Diego,it was on the slip way getting repaired,I was not happy,but holidaying in the US was great,all the way from Perth,cheers Peter Garrett.
Back in 1997 when i was 15 my Grandmother died of a heart attack suddenly. I was due to compete against the year 12's in the school athletics carnival i wasn't going to compete but after listening to this song i was so motivated i wasn't only going to compete, i was going to win. I won and Australia's leading racecaller Matty Hill who was a colleague called me a courageous boy then even better my Dad was in tears when i won. Peter Garrett is a true Australian icon and even better vocalist.
Yeah and then you woke up. Nice dream,
@@Louis-kp7pz Ok
41 years ago I saw Midnight Oil at The Royal Antler Narrabeen. I have to thank the boys from The Strand house at Dee Why for taking me to the gig.
It was late 1979, a warm night, people pouring jugs of iced water on each other and Peter Garrett's head, steam coming from the Lead Singer's bald cranium.
Their music and especially their lyrics have made THE OILS one of the most important Rock bands in history.
This new song ' Gadigal Land' is an instant Oils Classic.
Words cannot describe how much I love this track.
Sydney Radio station MMM played it every hour yesterday, so credit to them for that.
Before they played it the first time I was thinking " oh, I hope it's good "
I loved it from the opening chords, the thumping Drums, the throbbing Bass and Garrett's vocals delivering every word that is punching the Colonial invaders in the face.
Well done boys, this is excellent!
Thank you Midnight Oil. Legends.
The music of the Oils doesn't get any more in your face than this! That's if your REALLY listening mate!
Rob Hurst has to be one of the best Aussie drummer... ever!!!! Love Midnight Oil.
This song is fantastic and the backing vocals really make it great. The musical hooks in this song well it speaks for itself. Miss the good Aussie bands we had so many once upon a time. Midnight oil, Hunter and collectors, AC/DC, INXS, The saints, Neil fin, Nick Cave, the list really goes on. I'm sure there is some great bands around now they get drowned out by garbage all over youtube and other areas unfortunately.
....don't know about the rest but pretty sure Neil Finn is a New Zealander
You would like aTb
They really put on a good show - and powerful lyrics to boot!
Aye...they did ....so do we! th-cam.com/video/VjxLtraxGTU/w-d-xo.html
Whoever directed this video = genius. This was way ahead of its time. How it was shot, edited. I remember it came out in 1989 after the Exxon Valdez spill....32 years ago when MTV still played music videos.
One of my favourite Oil songs, what a trailblazer.
No 1 Australian rock band ever
just discovered this. born in 93
I am in love.
i thought peter BROCK was the king of the mountain.
By far ome of the most underrated bands of the 80s!
This video is from their Midnight Oil - Black Rain Falls taken on May 30, 1990. I had to dig up my Laser Disc to check. Peter Garrett had all proceeds from the sales of this album donated to Greenpeace.
His band drove up in front of Exxon Oil Headquarters at noon time in midtown Manhattan on a Flat Bed that day for a special Guerilla Action of which would be a live recording. Their banner reading "Midnight Oil Makes You Dance, Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick."
Love this so much! Having the journalist's of the day involved is gold!
Great stuff from the best Aussie band! They did an Outback tour in mid-80s= down under video! Thanks, Peter. We miss you songsters!.
I've seen them 10 times .. we need them now!
I was raised on this music, still awesome today in 2018, and the message is not lost it's probably more relevant than ever tbh
We saw all the really cool bands in the '80s. The Oils are just one, but one of the best!!
Even if you're pushed to the wall, for the things you believe in, you don't give in. Nicely said, Peter!! I like that. I love Midnight Oil. Such a totally awesome band!! "KEEP ROCKING, AUSTRALIA!!"
just flat-out "WOW"....miss ya boys- and the time x
Songs by the Oils make me DAMN proud to be australia....I really wish the message was spread further. Good to see folks from an international audience viewing their videos though.
We wouldn’t be Australia without oil in the soil 🤩🇦🇺🙏🏼 love you Garth xo
just discovered this. born in 93
I am in love.
I'm starting to love this band
This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-)
i thought peter BROCK was the king of the mountain.
Brock will always be king of the mountain
Another GREAT Band from the 80's.
So good!
Had a few drinks with the fella who owned the land next door the other night. Known him for years and only just told me about his connection to this. As a pom he wasn't aware i might be interested! Midnight oil were a big part of my music playings growing up! x
I am an aussie, saw the oils perform in a pub way before anyone even knew who they where, i was in my teens, peter garet had so much energy on stage, i knew back then that this band would have great success, my fav ossie band ever
Esta es la más pura música del surf contemporáneo. Es perfecta para acompañar a mi hijo de 9 a hacer windsurf!
Gracias Midnight Oil desde Colombia.
Onde estão as bandas que cantam por uma razão verdadeira e inteligente? Midnight Oil eternamente em meu coração.
Como dizia minha avó... hoje em dia não se faz música como antigamente.
Asi sera algun dia mi querido amigo👍👍👍
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I was just listening to this the other day. RIP Bones. You were a funny and talented man.
"King of the Mountain was inspired by the footrace up Mt Cooroora in SE Qld, and the incredible natural beauty and unique history of the Noosa hinterland; it is not a reference to motor racing at Mt. Panorama in Bathurst. Best wishes.” - Rob Hirst (drummer for Midnight Oil)
Bloody awesome
"Yellow Belly red Snake sleep'n on a red rock, wait'n for the stranger to go.........BRILLIANT
Make that yellow belly black snake sleeping on a red rock....
It is mix of rock & punk xcelent AUSSIE band. Just love it from Canada.
He has climbed the most difficult mountain of all and is trying not to sell his soul and I have to admire him..
i love Peter Brock and midnight oil so its a great song :)
В 1998 году брат принес видеомагнитофон. Я посмотрев фильмы, записанные на видеокассете. Обнаружил видео клипы, записанные в конце. И там я увидел этот клип! Запомнить мне его не удалось. Но спустя 20 лет, я нарвался на эту группу. Это шедевр! Ребята, вы крутые! 👍👍👍💪💪💪
Martin Rotsey is one of the most criminally underrated guitarists ever.
I saw midnight oil when they came to Wittenoom last races in 1989 it was amazing to see them live and I'm looking forward to see them again when they are in cairns in April 2022
first time i listened to diesel and dust i was blown away, and i've been a fan ever since. i wore out the blue sky mining cassette when i was deployed in desert storm. too bad the world wasn't ready for them.
The year was 1990, i had my first job in Auckland, New Zealand at a place that made refigerator doors. This song and about 3 others from the same album were played on the works radio daily. When i hear them now it takes me back to those days. I was 16 then, now im 45 and living in England. Time goes quick.
I'm starting to love this band
Never to late to start loving Midnight oil!
I've seen you on 2 of their videos now XD
I've told you so, they're great
wow! it's about time!!! looolll!
the time has come
Old Peter. Most unique rock star ever dedicated to the environment and first nations people of Australia
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The best Aussie band ever, if you saw them live, you know what I mean
🔊MEU DEUS, QUE SAUDADES DESSA ÉPOCA.
ESSES CARAS SÃO MAGNÍFICOS!!!!
ETERNA BANDA😎👍.
This American has loved Midnight Oil for almost 30 years now :-)
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The best Aussie band ever, if you saw them live, you know what I mean
I'm young and I love Midnight Oil :D My whole life I was raised with 80's and songs like this! Ur not alone don't worry :3
midnight oil lives forever
great Aussie Band
Eu amo essa banda, rock comprometido com oplaneta.
Só por hoje. Just for today !!