Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning // AUSTRALIAN MUSIC REACTION

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning // AUSTRALIAN MUSIC REACTION
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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning // AUSTRALIAN MUSIC REACTION

[@bigs1546]

For a song about Aboriginal reconcilliation try "Treaty" by Yothu Yindi - great music with heart and a terrific message

[@oscillatewildly6553]

thanks for your reaction much love and gratitude from Australia

[@jeffo5976]

Thank you. You're reaction responses to your videos always have a degree of intelligence and appreciation of the culture from which they come. Keep it up. Cheers

[@jimscarce6684]

Check out Goanna Band

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

Glad you enjoyed the song and video!!

[@FullFathomV]

Great song and reaction. If you're interested in political-themed songs about first nations peoples, check out 'Smallpox Champion' by Fugazi.

[@danielcorbett3294]

Thank you mstv, you prove to me that there are people out there with a big heart. I'm an Aussie aboriginal my friend. Thank you for being a kind man. Your respect and genuine humanity is so appreciated mate.thank you.

[@anacristinaribeiro9592]

Portuguese woman here. I just have to thank you for this! Its 2 AM and I was about to close the computer when I saw this Midnight Oil reaction and said to myself well... f*ck it I HAVE to see this. Oh so good!!! So many good memories attached to this song 🥰 (I´m 57 btw). Loved your reaction and once again: Thank you!!

[@gbdewbery]

If you would like to hear some of our First Nations People speak for themselves you may like to listen to Yothu Yindi and their song "Treaty".

[@DesertThunderDownUnder]

Epic 80s Australian song. I’m an Aboriginal woman 53 years young, I work all over the UK. I carry this song on repeat in my 🍎iPhone 🎧 throughout Scotland, Northern Ireland and England. Love your reaction. 👍🏽💯

[@gertstraatenvander4684]

It was a hit all over Europe. Number 1 in the Netherlands.

[@paule6752]

The lead singer of Midnight Oil is Peter Garrett, who also served as Minister for the Environment from 2007-2010, then Education Minister from 2010-2013.

[@MertAus]

That is amazing to know. Was he a good minister?

[@awf6554]

​@@MertAusNope! He was out of his depth in the cut and thrust of politics. He's much better as an activist.

[@nevyn_karres]

@@MertAus He tried his best, swapped from the Greens to one of the two major parties (Labor) but as someone else said he was "out of his depth" - the establishment is hard to fight. But he is a legend and did more for change than almost anyone.

[@peterdubois65]

Founded the NDP in the early 80's. Remember voting for him in the senate

[@nevyn_karres]

@@peterdubois65 He tried and he tried hard, I take my hat off for him, and dream of others being as influential.

[@cookieo-fin]

Incase you’re wondering, yes that is how Peter Garrett dances! Midnight Oil have some banga songs ❤

[@MertAus]

His dancing is great

[@deano641]

Blue Sky Mine, another of the Oil's song is about CSR/Asbestos. Well worth the listen

[@annabanana7071]

Great reaction mate. Midnight Oil is a great Aussie band that has always tried to focus on First Nation people's rights and climate change issues. I really think you would like King of the Mountain by the Oils, it was about the Exxon spill and they performed it in New York on the street outside Exxon building. Definitely worth the watch

[@MertAus]

Sounds interesting, will check it out thanks

[@awf6554]

I'll second that.

[@garryellis3085]

Please also react to The Dead Heart by Midnight Oil as well. It's another first nation's rocker. Including the brilliant Rob Hurst on the sticks. (the great drummer from down under). The video's filmed at Uluru. Magic!

[@SuzyTrippa]

Great reaction as always Matt.... Try listening to Goanna singing Solid Rock another anthem with a message in it!

[@sdev2749]

You have now had a taste for what we have had for the past 40+ years. Aussie music is unlike any other, especially the 80's

[@LovesChild316]

Agreed. Only now do I really realise what we had and how special it was. Even the lesser known and less popular artists were miles ahead of the modern stuff.

[@EL_Duderino68]

At the risk of sounding preachy, Aboriginies are portrayed as desert people but that ignores the fact is all the fertile land was taken by colonialists and the desert was all that was left to them. As you would expect, most Aborigines lived in fertile lands on the coast with rivers. That pretty much describes our main towns and cities.

[@Sydneysider1310]

Good point David 👍🏻

[@Paul-pl6dl]

The Oil's go back to the late seventies have a big array of songs you would like one of the best live Australian bands going round

[@MsTruthseeker999]

Awesome song, you'd love their other songs too in particular I'd recommend Dead Heart, Truganini and Blue Sky mine. But they have so many great songs!

[@LovesChild316]

Blue sky mine is a classic

[@DaveWhoa]

you need to post a video of yourself doing your best Peter Garrett dance

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@SlingShot 😂😂. You first lol

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@SlingShot Nup, I get arrested for creating a public nuisance 😂

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@SlingShot Thinking we are unhinged doing a Garret? My children would sign a stat dec saying I definitely am 😂😂 You are on your own doing a Garret with flaying arms and legs 😂

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@SlingShot 😂🕺😂

[@antheabrouwer3258]

I saw Midnight Oil when I was 16, 18, and just last year on their final world tour. Peter Garrett still has the energy to dance like that at 69 years of age!! Check out a relatively newer on called " First Nation"!

[@garryellis3085]

Great old Video. Love the Oils, mega popular band back in the day. Their still one of the best live rock bands ever!

[@maude1111]

Honestly, I don’t think there is any better country for you and your family to live in other than Australia! Watching you learn about us and your excitement fills my heart with so much joy and pride! Thank you for loving us because we LOVE you. Thanks mate!

[@iamkat-agnt99-ash-kbt.59]

100 %

[@jaccilowe3842]

Peter Garrett certainly walked the walk as well. He was an MP for about 6 years.

[@jgsheehan8810]

one of the great Aussie bands of all time. Peter Garrett (the singer) has a unique approach to his vocals and dancing

[@macman1469]

The Lead singer was an elected member of our Federal parliament in two different parties, first with the Greens and then with the ALP ( Australian Labor Party ) as Minister for the Environment.

[@tammyfinnemore]

Peter Garrett (singer) went on to become Minister for Environment with the Labour party, although no longer in office, and officially retired from Midnight Oil, he is still involved with both, he will be 70 this year

[@shmick6079]

You’ve NEVER heard of the Oils?!?! 😮 They’re one of the best Australian bands ever - right up there with AC/DC and Cold Chisel. You should check out a few more of their classics: Forgotten Years Power & the Passion Blue Sky Mine US Forces Best of Both Worlds Read About It The Dead Heart If you dig them, I’d strongly suggest checking out a few live performances from the “Oils on the Water” concert. I t’s classic stuff, one of the best live bands you’ll ever see.

[@Mrmikey0909]

One of the best ever live bands, world wide. Their albums, particularly the first few are sublime. I'm old enough to have seen them when they were young men, as I was, and a more powerful band is hard to imagine (The Angels matched them). Their second album went ballistic and they were off. Live their best videos would be from the Capitol theatre shows but "Oils on the water" where the backdrop is Sydney Harbour at dusk is mind blowing ,particularly songs such as "Stand in line". Phenomenal.

[@Shhhhhudontknowme]

Thanks ❤ from an Aboriginal person ❤

[@dystar112]

Great reaction to one of our fantastic Aussie bands and one of our classic anthems 💥

[@TheLagunagirl101]

I Love this band..and the lyrics are so powerful..this song is one of my favorites of theirs.

[@georgeibrahim7945]

Such a great band, great song with powerful message.. can you please react to INXS “original sin” live at Wembley 1991 remastered in 4K

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Blue sky mine is also one of my fave songs from the oils

[@rosiekickett2617]

Thanks for showing respect for my people

[@silverstitch28]

Black Heart is another Midnight Oil favourite!

[@terryallen345]

So happy you enjoyed it. Love your intelligent analysis

[@rodneymcgiveron]

this is great and the original video clip but they did a concert in Ellis Park , South Africa in 1994 (it's on You Tube ) and it'll blow your mind ...They were an incredible live band too as that video will demonstrate ...Beds Are Burning Ellis Park 1994 , Midnight Oil will find it for you ....Cheers

[@timstapleton1656]

The Oils were a very political band. The lead singer Peter Garrett spent several years in Federal parliament.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

I’ve always loved the oils . Distinct sound. Politically great lyrics. I spent 12 hours at the Newcastle earth quake fund raiser just to hear the oils in 1989 lol sun burnt but was worth it :) 🎉❤

[@Desertflower725]

As a 15 year old white, American girl with no internet, I missed a lot of the meaning of this song. But I loved it the first time I heard it. All I caught was a message of justice and amends. This song and others shaped me in ways I didn’t understand until I was older.

[@sueaddison9958]

Thanks for your reactions 😊🌏🪐🌕🙏😎🇦🇺🌟👣🦜🌸🍂🏡🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@sandyczarnetzke7141]

This is such a powerful song and I love the beat.❤❤

[@StoicPixie]

I love to see you young people appreciate good music!

[@artistjoh]

You will love a song by Yothu Yindi - Treaty Now. The brilliance of young Aboriginal music.

[@MonkeyKing3333]

Gangajang - Sounds of then. Another iconic Australian song.

[@kerrypapworth1526]

I’ve seen Midnight Oil in pubs back in the day, excellent.

[@citrinedragon1466]

The lead singer with that strange voice is Peter Garrett. To say the band was political is accurate. Peter, himself, pursued a political career from 1984 to 2013… with varying degrees of success.

[@dmoonj]

Great song and reaction, as always. Please have a look at Yothu Yindi - Treaty, another great one for your listening ears :)

[@LibanonBoy-e6i]

80's Music Rules 😊

[@littleflick]

You should react to From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. I would suggest reading the lyrics as you go and/or researching the story first. It’s a story about land rights for aboriginal people.

[@littleflick]

IGNORE THAT!! I just saw you already have!

[@angelavanzeeland8813]

AUSSIE GOATS OF BANDS

[@mikmaqwoman]

I am 1st Nation from Canada....I can rorally relate to this..Thanx so damn much...like your reactions young sir

[@Stacy55ish]

A classic.

[@karenglenn6707]

Outside World is my absolute song of theirs. Just beautifully done and reminds me of driving back from Sydney with my bestie in 1983 listening in the cassette, which I still have.

[@michaelg1138]

Make sure you go see the new doko out in a few weeks/months worldwide - Midnight Oil: The hardest line - just premiered to sell outs at the Sydney Film Festival - in fact it opened the 2-week festival!

[@suecottrell4003]

🤗If you want to here bagpipes in a pop song!💕Watch the original AC/DC song🇦🇺It’s a long way to the top,💋if you want to rock and roll.🥰The one with Bon Scott on a flat bed truck!🫶Over here we call them Acca Dacca.💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕💗💕

[@awf6554]

If you want more powerful Australian music with an indigenous theme, try Solid Rock by Goanna. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSxqXl9jJVsg9E

[@Flirkann]

Blue Sky Mine is another charged piece - the suppression of Asbestosis knowledge by the mining operators, CSR Holdings (the Sugar Refining Company)

[@voxac30withstrat]

Don't be too impressed. The singer Peter Garrett despite all these protesting songs became a politician. BUT... rather than be an independent and possibly live up to any of M.O.'s lyrical sentiments he became a lackey for one of Australias' worst Prime Ministers, Kevin Rudd. Garrett was given a job now known as the Pink Batts fiasco which was to install pink insulation batts into houses ceilings to 'allegedly' improve heat retention during colder seasons. However, this pathetically considered idea immediately opened the door for every possible shonky dealer and a-hole in the country to incorrectly install them, each of who got paid BIG bucks. Unfortunately over 200 houses burnt to the ground leaving those owners homeless and 4 people were killed. No one was made responsible. 'Beds Are Burning"? Indeed. Garrett eventually went back to preaching at us about what WE should do i.e. demanding we give the land back to the indigenous while never giving any of HIS own land back. The band are without doubt some of THE biggest hypocrites and wankers in our music industry.

[@CousinWhatIsIt]

Check out the '80s Australian band, Beasts of Bourbon, particularly their video for, "Psycho".

[@johnpetersen2314]

This is the best reaction to one of my favorite songs from the 1980's .. by the way the Lead singer "Peter Garrett" went on to become an elected member of the Australian house of representatives (Parliament)..

[@FaisLittleWhiteRaven]

Oddly enough I've never heard this song before. It's nice but I think my fav 'treat our First Nations people fairly already godDAMMIT' song would be the 1982 track 'Solid Rock (Sacred Ground)' by Goanna. That one has just as awesome a beat and it's lyrics are much more descriptive of their culture (referencing the Dreamtime and emphasising how the land is sacred and important to them) and a much more direct call out to the blatant misinformation that was being spread about our indigenous peoples to 'justify' awful shit that was being done to them (stealing of their land and destruction/misuse of sacred sites -usually for money making purposes, genocides, and outright stealing and 'reeducating' their kids aka 'The Stolen Generation' which is still in living memory) or to insist none of it ever happened. So yeah. Please please please consider reacting to that song sometime? XD Regardless if you do or don't though know I have a lot of fun watching your reactions to these and er, looking forward to more vids in the future~ =D Edit: If it turns out you already have reacted to that track, apologies. Still catching up on vids I've missed of yours XD

[@michaelsmith-fw9bm]

another aussie singer to watch for is Paul Kelly, PK is a legend in Aust music scene. Songs like, To Her Door, Careless, Dumb Things, Making Gravy, Etc etc etc

[@dipsydoodle7988]

What is your accent? It's SO cool! EDIT* Never mind, I see it in your info.. Midnight Oil will continue to blow you away as you check them out more. I tell everyone, Stand In Line, live from the Oils on Water show.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

A couple of really important court cases returned First Nations land rights to them. Paul Kelly details one of those cases in the song From Little Things Big Things Grow, a song whose lyrics tell the story, and the music video uses real footage from the 1966 court case. Later the Nabo case enshrined Land ownership if you could provide family/tribe continual use since before Colonial settlement. Yothu Yindi has the fantastic Treaty Now, a song sung by Aborigines demanding what they still lack: a very belated treaty between the native people of Australia and the government and inhabitants that descend from the colonial invaders.

[@waverleyc.412]

❤this song... You should check out Aboriginal band yothu Yindi ..they have some great songs..

[@beazirconaus946]

And still nothing has really happened for the Aborigines. Peter (the singer) went into politics, parliament and still couldn't make meaningful changes.

[@paulied550]

Check out this song live at Ellis Park. It will give you a much better appreciation of his voice and passion. A reaction would be good too. Thanks for this reaction.

[@benjarongprojects]

Suggest a look at Treaty, by Yothu Yindi, and You're the Voice, by Mitch Tambo.

[@mofuonamotorcycle]

This album charted in the US when it came out. Guess great Britain wasn’t in to songs about its crimes. For a more jovial song about convict life, there is an Australian band, weddings parties anything. The pogues say they are the best folk band in the world. Their song “a tale they won’t believe,” is aboot convict Alexander Pearce and his cannibalistic ways. Made in to many, many movies. Including one with Sean Bean, where guess what, his character dies

[@Sharonmarshall66]

More of their songs: Blue Sky Mine , Short Memory, Forgotten Years, Read About It

[@TheGonnagle]

I had the honour of meeting and chatting with Peter Garrett. His passion for social justice had no end. Unfortuntately the political party machine stifled his ideals. He (like many others) thought he coul;d make change from within where, realisitcally, the only option is to tear the institutional party political system down and get true, representational democracy happening.

[@nevillemignot1681]

It is so strange that Australia and Scotland are so linked in Australia's history, music and their mind set. Two of this group are decended from Scottish immigrants, and the greatest song about the Aussie soldiers efforts on Gallipolli is written by a Scott in Eric Bogle.

[@benosborne2711]

The part where they say”it belongs to them, let’s give it back” it’s talking about when the convicts arrived in Australia and stole the land from the Aboriginal people and about giving the land back to original settlers

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

If you think this song did anything you are completely wrong

[@landrmonty]

You might try yothu Yindi song treaty. Or more àtmospheric was Icehouse singing great Southern land

[@davidparris7167]

A political ditty by a political band warbling about the need for a bottomless pit full of taxpayer money for a lazy bunch of bludgers.

[@Lance_Arn]

The Oils always wrote songs that made you think about your place in history and questions how will you make this planet better for future generations... You must have a look at the Indigenous band Yothu Yindi sing "Treaty". This song is very relevant to Australia today as we prepare to add the Indigenous Voice to Parliament this year.

[@judytickner3325]

Love your reactions, though I gotta say….when you were saying chorus, I was hearing coitus 😂😂😂

[@jurgentreue1200]

The Beds are Burning title also has a very dark side. Peter Garrett's mother died in a house fire while she slept in her bedroom. Garrett, in his early 20s, made efforts to save his mother but escaped the fire. In an interview with Peter Garrett, her death still haunts him.

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

First nation's ppl don't fell proud hearing this song... we feel sad

[@Mirrorgirl492]

As an old hippy rocker from way back, Midnight Oil are legendary, listen to any song, you'll be impressed.

[@ariesred777]

Your reaction was great especially at the beginning Thanks!😊

[@kayelle8005]

Funny you mentioning music with a message when every time I see you I’m reminded of Billy Bragg

[@thoru4367]

Bro, please react to Unsatisfied by The Replacements

[@lesliekingsley4993]

Suggest also listen to "l was only Nineteen" by Redgum - if you haven't already.

[@jennymark7403]

Midnight oil was a great protest group, and lead singer even ran for Parliament and became the environment minister omg

[@christinecoombs3536]

I’d like to see you react to “the Power and the Passion”. ☺️

[@Petestanton]

Great stuff man, awesome to see you taking in the cultural aspects of our home.

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

They are hotbfirst nations ppl. They are the people.

[@BigGen222]

Tell anyone in Australia to dance like Peter Garrett and this is what you will get.

[@kingcassius2586]

It was only halfway through the chorus.

[@glenod]

Look up midnight oil big red bash 2018... still got it live after 35 years plus. I went to the 2017 big red bash, one of the best out door concerts ever.

[@kennethbarnard9961]

Peter Garit lead singer was a member of the Australian parliament

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

"We are Australian" by The Seekers is as good as an anthem that tells Australia's past and present.

[@kayelle8005]

Next up: Yothu Yindi singing Treaty

[@robburdack4361]

funny enough the lead singer was a greens politician

[@lynnmoses3563]

How can we dance when our earth is turning? How can we sleep when our beds are burning? Powerful chorus