Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

[@nogard3238]

The way Peter dances (should I say moves?) is totally unique. Cool.

[@justinstuart2202]

His moves come out of him from his passion about the topic. He’s a rad guy.. was in government

[@fidget2020]

His moves were my go to shit on the dance floor.

[@karolol127]

Its timeless, no cringe just respect watching it.

[@danielapienkowska7411]

@@justinstuart2202

[@Poppy-6667]

Sa voix aussi est très atypique

[@luisreigada2583]

I am from Portugal,50 years...one of the alltimes BEST...what a song...❤❤❤❤

[@vjmacc]

Grande Luís!

[@elisabetelisboa1455]

Olá🥰

[@dominique578]

Gracias 👍👋❤❤❤BRAVO de France 🎶🎶

[@redskies4530]

Hi Be sure to checkout the indierock song and video called "Life changes' By Robert Nix

[@rory6089]

What part? Let me buy you a beer some time - but only if you can get them to play this in your local

[@jbg101]

Well, here I am -- 52 years young I grew up with this. Such fantastic music and great to see young people also enjoying it Keep the music playing !!!

[@22bioshock]

I’m 23 and enjoy this kind of music far more than today’s crap. Will keep this real music playing for sure

[@Terry-r9x]

I'm older😊

[@Burnzy321]

Im 18 and love this music ​@@22bioshock

[@RobertRicci777]

age is a NUMBER..................@@Terry-r9x

[@TerezinhaSouza-y8y]

🎉😅

[@jasonumanzor9428]

One of the greatest gift my mother has ever gifted me is her knowledge of 80s music. Oh my, to be able to grow up in such an epic era.

[@ballrude]

what songs are some of her favorites, I am very curious

[@DavidWauneka-lw1pu]

One of the best Australian bands ever, Midnight Oil always will roll forever. I'm 53 still my favorite band.

[@matourbo3326]

I think INXS is also, if not better...

[@brunoengelborghs2505]

And AC/DC

[@randomman8097]

I know this very different but definitely sick puppies too if you’re into that type of

[@dominique578]

Un groupe hors norme je les adore 😍❤❤❤❤

[@louisettelux3008]

Moi 73 ans et j'adore...

[@jimjordan3015]

One of the truly iconic songs of the 80s.

[@garycarr3857]

Midnight Oil

[@Audiobooksandpoemsfromarou-m8j]

A protest song against the unfair treatment of the Aborigines in Australia.

[@renatorodrigues4518]

Caras são bom demais. Ainda lutando contra gigante petróleo dizimava famílias pelo petróleo máfia do petróleo ninguém tinha coragem denunciar

[@RobertRicci777]

the FIRST FLAT EARTH song.

[@ElizabethFreeman-kc1fn]

I REMEMBER BACK IN 1985...DANCING TO THIS WAS SO AWSOME!!I WAS 24 THEN...I'M 63 NOW & STILL LISTENING TO IT!!!

[@revizionaryenterprises9655]

61 and I still remember this. I was in a band in the States and we covered this. Knew exactly what they were singing about, too. Yet another western Native exploitation and land grabbing story. The song has a great beat and it really stood for something. It is so sad things are basically the same in every western new world country. This song calls attention to it in Australia.

[@lbutcher4262]

Me too 🎶

[@zummamk]

Never stop dancing Liz...

[@m-aottom5211]

It was in 1989...😂

[@mmkashwin]

1987​@@m-aottom5211

[@max85220]

Tengo 52 años soy de Venezuela y crecí escuchando Midnight oil ❤😍😍 ha pasado el tiempo y su música me sigue enamorando de la vida... continuamos! Thanks Peter

[@cblchildrenspython]

Midnight Oil was a big advocate for the aboriginal natives of Australia. This song still rocks today and still retains it's meaning in today's times

[@CarlosRoberto-re9gu]

Norway 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@naianebrindarolli2013]

Uma obra de arte ❤❤❤ Brasil 🇧🇷

[@CarlosRoberto-re9gu]

@@naianebrindarolli2013 🇳🇴 linda

[@naianebrindarolli2013]

@@CarlosRoberto-re9gu obrigada

[@Valdagast]

Actually giving the land back may be a tad difficult, though.

[@Guy-wn3cp]

One of the greatest songs ever. The lyrics, the tempo, the attitude, it's all there.

[@josefabianmendoza]

😊

[@josefabianmendoza]

😊

[@josefabianmendoza]

😅 1:14

[@marcotaboadabarco9957]

Y el video es espectacular, adelantado para su época me parece

[@williammunny9916]

*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ --

[@jedrzejsiata98]

This is the masterpiece of Australian rock! All hail Midnight Oil!🤘🏻🎸🇦🇺

[@marcusmurrietta-qk8ri]

🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤ij#@$9

[@lindahoffman2692]

This is one of THE BEST Songs EVER!! ❤️

[@BobVincent-j5f]

We here n USA enjoys it

[@kennethgarden4527]

@@lindahoffman2692by one of the best bands ever

[@rtpfixit]

3-way tie between this song, Under the Milky Way by The Church...and all of Kylie ❤

[@unacceptablefullsender1878]

My Uncle has passed today, I wish him safe journey into the next Life. He protected my father and family for many years. I’m going to miss him, God bless him and may God hold him in his arms like he did for us.

[@andyberridge6455]

Midnight oil, beds are burning, great music. One of Australia's finest bands. 🇦🇺👍

[@mariemartino1310]

And with INXS !

[@andyberridge6455]

@@mariemartino1310 definitely, love inxs music.

[@JohnWise-k6t]

Too bad the only had 2 songs worth listening to, and I can't even remember the other one 's name?

[@andyberridge6455]

@@JohnWise-k6t dead heart.

[@andyberridge6455]

@@JohnWise-k6t The dead heart.

[@petegarza2025]

One of the most "POWERFUL, HAUNTING, song and videos of all time...This is why I absolutely love the 80's...👏👏👏

[@redskies4530]

Hi Be sure to checkout the indierock song and video called "Life changes' By Robert Nix

[@rickhibdon11]

I'm 71. One of my top 10 of all time.

[@dominique578]

idem 👍❤

[@LouAnnDeMartino-vu4kl]

I'll be 70 in November I remember this song the song is on my playlist

[@Hubert-o8d]

I am 74 and indeed in my top 10 ever Thank you Aussies

[@peterpankulis9119]

Hi sorry 😔 I am only 66 years young 😅 but what a great song

[@vincepolo666]

30 years old here definetely on my top 5

[@nikkigonzales8627]

I'm 34, i grew up hearing this song and still play it religiously. It's a family favorite and good memories.

[@michaelengle9912]

Yes

[@ricardoangelabizeti5659]

uu

[@williamchristopher4184]

Z😊

[@arlichar11]

i like your style

[@ryanm7249]

33 here.

[@mitchell7144]

That thumping bass line never gets old .

[@PaulaMunoz-t9c]

La. Sigo. Escuchando. Sollde. Honduras

[@DarronSanderson]

@@mitchell7144 so true

[@redskies4530]

Hi Be sure to checkout the indierock song and video called "Life changes' By Robert Nix

[@ladieda1871]

real music!

[@DarronSanderson]

@@ladieda1871 i love it. Never gets old.

[@p.c.....37]

I love this song one of my favorite bands. And it's February 2024 and I love listening to this all the time.

[@Traduccion53]

As long as you understand what it's about

[@iva8844]

@@Traduccion53curiosidade, do que se trata?

[@Traduccion53]

Se trata de como los aborígenes australianos han sido despojados de sus tierras y dejados en el olvido

[@SamnJD]

❤ well it’s THANKful Day Nov 28th 2024 boat, life, music on the canals, burning the midnight oil… With Heidi, the rum wench who I love to watch… And she has befriended Peter Gifford…Giffo! Right now she’s playing the accordion and he’s playing the guitar. (One of the many narrowboat shows I love to watch)It’s their last night before he goes back to Australia so he’s a narrow boater in the UK half of the year and the other half back home in Aussyland. So I thought I would look up INXS/midnight oil I did see INXS back in 88 when they came to Portland, Oregon, but I’ve never seen Midnight Oil but I’ve heard their songs many many times I mean Peter being only a year older than me it was my music…

[@j-4691]

Song still rocks 😅

[@patriciafursa2163]

I'm 60 years of age and this has always been a great band. I saw then twice and both times were awsome!

[@Raimar9999]

😂😂. Te cague yo los vi más de 99999999999999999 veces en el colegio y 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aaronpaterson5781]

52.5 million views! phenominal band, phenominal Aussie lyrics & Video. when I was a 19 year old man at Ngukurr Aboriginal settlement in Southeast Arnhem Land, Midnight Oil played at Numbulwar near the Gulf of Carpentaria. Half of the Ngukurr mission people left town in 4WD's during the wet season to see them perform at Numbulwar (Rose River Mission). they made a big impact on Aboriginal communities right across Australia. Still a great band. cheers all!

[@aaronpaterson5781]

further to my previous comment, that was way back in late 1983 when I was 19.

[@jessicakline7810]

Seriously never noticed that before but now that you point it out I have to wonder what kinda creepy sort of dance this is because unless hes drunk or on something its not looking normal lmao

[@dangelnut]

+Jessica Kline officially its the emu or classic white man

[@DestinationUnknown29]

+Aaron Paterson It's just more white guilt bullshit. I'm sick of this crap quite frankly! I am white and I am guilty of none of this shit and I took nothing from any of these people.

[@rivenz6]

+DestinationUnknown29 Except the land in exchange for some booze.

[@aj-kwt909truckin31]

Real Australian rock music ~ designed and built in Australia 🇦🇺 ~ you could say it's pure Australian Gold 💛 !!! 💯% a Masterpiece Thank-you Peter Garrett and all others involved with Midnight Oil.

[@deathsbane0]

The video is soooo Australian!

[@chriswood753]

Did he leave Australia and give all his money to the natives ? or what!!

[@ВячеславБелолипецкий-р8ь]

So cool australian rock!

[@garycarr3857]

@@deathsbane0 Oct 3, 2009

[@garycarr3857]

@@chriswood753 Midnight Oil 🛢

[@Tamsxoxo]

The first time I heard this song on the radio in 1987 I instantly loved it! I was 21 at the time and had to buy the cassette ASAP. Today is my birthday (12/30) and I just now listened to it with the same love as in 1987. ❤😊🎉

[@Tamsxoxo]

Thank you for the happy birthday wishes. What an awesome surprise when I saw it early this morning! This song motivated me to become an activist and conservationist for the greater good. I have young people in my life that make fun of me while they sit and do nothing. You are right, it is sad. My hope is that maybe one day that feeling will change to happy and glad. I never give up hope.​@@03848ndi

[@totuusesiin4992]

Same feelings from Finland I loved this instantly🇫🇮

[@Tamsxoxo]

​@@totuusesiin4992Hi from the States! My family and I live on the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia. I just noticed that I failed to mention how incredibly awesome the video is to this song as well. Love it ❤🔥

[@totuusesiin4992]

It seems I failed with a reply. I went to Perth WA to ​see this band. In America I aimed to see Aerosmith in Boston @@Tamsxoxo

[@jclenhart6462]

Happy birthday!

[@FinnMacAodhain-x8l]

Way ahead of it's time! I love the way Peter became an M.P. and then a Minister, we need more people like this!

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Just read of the passing of Bones Hillman in Milwaukee today after a cancer battle. RIP. Thanks for some great music.

[@marshallgeorgegarner3315]

IV ONLY JUST FOUND HIS MUSIC A FEW WEEKS AGO. IM SO SORRY BONES HAS PASS'T AWAY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. AN THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC xxxx

[@merrysloan9102]

Hats off to the Oils ,every song they wrote was about something really important..with cracking music too!

[@johntracy72]

This song will never lose its relevance. It's timeless.

[@garycarr3857]

Midnight Oil 🛢

[@jeffwagner2151]

Hell yeah song jams….

[@eggoslayer1001]

I wish there could be a time when it would lose relevance because things have finally been made right. Unfortunately it probably never will be.

[@Lukiel666]

My opinion as well. Much like The Clash "Know your rights" It's become even more relevant today.

[@BrettonFerguson]

Oh it's about to lose it's relevance. Only 6000 Australian aboriginals remain. The rest are all mixed with whites. In 100 years there will be no Aboriginal Australians. Just 99% white people. There will be nobody to give it back to. Multiculturalism is the graveyard of diversity.

[@Mr.Peelerhanje]

Every time I listen to Beds Are Burning, I’m transported back to my childhood summers, where Midnight Oil’s albums were the soundtrack. This song left an unforgettable mark on me, so much that it influenced some of my own tracks, like my song Assez Assez, where rock mixes with my emotions. Midnight Oil managed to combine musical power with deep commitment, and that continues to inspire me in my own artistic journey. Thank you for these timeless moments!

[@terminal.man02]

This Sunday, I'll be seeing them live in Perth Update: Tonight I saw them live, along with Goanna. Even at 69 years old, Peter Garrett still has the energy from 40 years ago. It is an experience I'll never forget.

[@iiij567]

Привет, напиши потом свои впечатления, 😄

[@chrisyasus8912]

How was it

[@scammmmy]

I used to be scared of him… 7 year old me thought he was a skeleton 💀

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Awesome man!! 👍❤️

[@groofoot]

@@scammmmy LOL!! at age 16, I thought he was kinda odd looking, but I'd watch this video and think, 'The man can dance!'

[@ilkyazd]

My dad remembered this song after 20 years and told me about it. He has great taste in music and films, I'm glad he's teaching me about these things. Love you, dad!

[@systemabc3989]

you are beautiful dear lady

[@j0hzy187]

same i’m 15 and thanks to my dad i actually have a good taste in music everyone else my age just listens to rap the kids of the future need to know about real music!!!

[@paultwiss199]

What a lovely comment.

[@BrissoParrothead]

you are in safe hands if your father is guiding you to the Oils

[@2strong2bend2solid2break]

TREASURE those moments wirh Dad and never forget.."Father knows BEST!"

[@princevultan6589]

How can anyone NOT like this song? Massive groove, infectious chorus, deep meaning. An absolute smash!!

[@brentdubecalgary5084]

the ubject is woke bs give back to who and will every white austrian be lined up and be killed again makes no sence

[@seksimaro]

Because they don't get the message. Greetings from Slovenia

[@BobbySanchez-gz1dm]

I like to request this song on classic rock stations because it has a awesome drum beat 🥁 and fast pace rhythm that rocks. 🎸 🎸 🎸

[@buckets6497]

The song is amazing with great depth and meaning it's shame Peter Garrett can't dance for shit.

[@fabirene4]

An highly committed band, pioneers of the aboriginal cause. A mix of talent and principles and you get this incredible, fantastic hit. Midnight oil was a visionary band.

[@williammunny9916]

*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ --

[@E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS]

​@@williammunny9916 Jesus ain't god He clearly says that

[@Richdragon4]

​@@williammunny9916This doesn't help anyone and especially Aborigines.

[@MyClarissa21]

It is song that calls for a social wake up. We cannot dance happily if the world is hurting . Our beds and our consciences are burning because we are guilty . We are !!!! It is as a song that would never die in my soul ❤Then and now more than ever ( and I believe that in the future would be even more important because we are heading to our own doom

[@bammi4]

Exactly! This was MEANT to be a song in reference to the plight of the Aboriginal or First Australians but most people dont contemplate lyrics. The music is amazing to me, sends chills down my spine when you hear those trumpets!!

[@luizotavioqueirozpires4856]

One of the greatest surf music bands in the history of humanity. Men at work is too much surfing

[@nongthip]

Thirty-six years later it's still just as powerful of a song. I bought the Diesel and Dust album straight off the rack, having never heard any of it, got it home, put the needle down on side one with the amp turned up and - wham! What a great attention-grabbing way to start an album!

[@ogghostprepper9138]

36 years ago? Holy shit. I remember when the album came out, I thought I was old at that time. Lol

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

They wrote this song to save Australia from becoming like Mad Max

[@garycarr3857]

@@ogghostprepper9138 Midnight Oil 🛢

[@anotheranon2u]

I won a cassete of Diesel and Dust from a local radio station in person giveaway, I requested it, because I knew I wanted to at least hear this song over and over at whim. Turned out that I loved the whole album!

[@marcosgulin1184]

I literally read “put the needle on the record…..put the needle on the record!”😂

[@onthisrock1970]

You know you’re listening to magic when 40 years later it’s still relevant and sends chills down your spine

[@rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2]

"Beds Are Burning" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust. This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, No. 3 in the Netherlands, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland, No. 17 in the United States and Sweden. It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and it was named number 95 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s and number 97 by the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009. In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100 strong industry panel. "Beds Are Burning" was declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock"

[@izaacbanks3337]

I like the song buts it's a propaganda piece

[@magma4800]

The chorus is probably the greatest thing i've ever heard in my life.

[@gregholland1525]

​@@donmclachlan2164 😮

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

​@izaacbanks3337 no it isn't

[@cherrycolored98]

A one of a kind band. Thank you for standing up for indigenous rights!

[@johnglennmercury7]

& starting a race war. Leftist ideologues need to be held accountable for the damage their deluded ideas do. Well, let's start with tearing down all buildings, sewage systems, bridges, tunnels - cos that's what the white man built

[@corneliocastillejo9482]

A great piece of art.

[@ElbisPen]

❤AMOO Beds Are Burning es un Temazo 2022

[@maxl3189]

Then giving them the finger for joining the mining companies

[@crystllclr3743]

the aboriginal people have sold the mining rights to a lot of the land they did get given. they spat in the face of midnight oil who has had big hand in a lot of things. hence the reason no more songs lol

[@tinaweldon1144]

61 yo. Always listen to it when I get a chance it's on my Playlist. 😊 80's forever

[@damianwirth2313]

At 3:51, when the whole band joins the chorus, gets me everytime!!! I keep rewinding to it

[@pennysmithett4747]

This will never ever EVER get old it’s one of Australia’s top bands

[@umahabian]

❤❤❤❤

[@karlbarnett5863]

Definitely one of the world's best bands ever.

[@marcnixon3007]

its uncanny that this is Australia's most popular band, the song is about indigenous rights but the indigenous people are not equal

[@dominique578]

❤❤❤❤💯

[@_Chris_SouthwestDetroit]

That would be AC DC

[@Andi__1995__]

To the future generations... DON'T LET THIS SONG DIE !!!

[@amypagekaviani5661]

I thought that the first time I heard this song in 1987. It still makes me tear up. I certainly don't want our earth to turn into Soylent Green!!!!!!!

[@mleh2512]

I am writing this 17 minutes before the poles open in America, from a droughted state that is on fire now. Thank you for this song and message. I am anxious and it is extremely helpful to me now.

[@gutterbabyjonez5132]

*polls

[@Ohsohandsome]

TRUMPWAVE

[@whatdaro]

RIP Bones - Your music is part of our eternal history

[@ivancindric2493]

Who is bones and why is he dead?

[@EinsatzfahrtenOesterreich]

@@ivancindric2493 The bassist, lost battle against cancer.

[@rickthompson1422]

@@EinsatzfahrtenOesterreich ...thanks for informing us......I too was curious...

[@anythingrc4715]

This reply section just shows me how people don't care about us bass players until we aren't around anymore.

[@EinsatzfahrtenOesterreich]

@@anythingrc4715 I am a Bassist myself, i get what u mean

[@UsSchoolBus]

The moment, the squaking windmill is on the radio, that's the batsignal to crank the volume to the max. Awesome song!

[@phillewis3921]

You listen to what you like. Songs like this never get old.

[@Farrah300]

@phillewis3921 This is one of the best songs of the 80s.

[@sidneisouza5788]

Verdade. Música nenhuma envelhece.

[@AAA111AAA11A]

It does get old Phil

[@EthelAchim]

Totally Agree 💯

[@johnseitz7210]

YES THEY LIVE ON FOR EVER !

[@MariaHernandez-wr4lz]

I was 18yrs old when this song came out. 40 yrs later beds are still burning.

[@eggoslayer1001]

Dude, that last shot in this video of them playing in a completely empty plain with nothing on the horizon has got to be one of the most beautiful shots in music video history. It's pure art.

[@markwoolsey5593]

As is the accompanying superimposed shot of an aboriginal woman and her child. It is a silent accusation of how much we white folks failed both the Australian aborigines and the Native Americans here in the U-S.

[@HermannTheGreat]

@@markwoolsey5593 Speak for yourself and your own self-created guilt you live with. Every land-mass on earth has been conquered and fought over with the strongest taking control since short after the beginning of time. Have you even opened one history book in your entire life? Once course of history would be required to earn a GED. Ignorance and delusion are quite a combination Mark. Australia was a prison colony. And the thousands of tribes living and fighting in America long ago were cutting each other's hearts out, eating the organs, sacrificing animals to their respective idols, and kidnapping each other and their children, while also fighting the Spanish, The Mexicans, The French, the Portuguese, and the British who wanted the Country for themselves. Please don't talk about things you have no knowledge of other than what your own uncontrolled emotions drive you to imagine. There are thousands of African, Afghan, and Indian slaves in Libya and other Countries right now, when are you giving your money and boarding that plane to go save them out of modern day slavery?

[@kbanghart]

​@@markwoolsey5593 Lead singer Peter Garrett served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, and as Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Garrett's grandfather Tom was one of many POWs who died in the sinking of the SS Montevideo Maru, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners of war and civilians who were being transported from Rabaul. That sinking is considered the worst maritime disaster in Australia's history. He refers to this event in the opening line of the Earth and Sun and Moon track "In the Valley".

[@markwoolsey5593]

@@kbanghart I was aware Garrett had served in the Australian cabinet. That's powerful to have that degree of commitment. The disaster involving his granddad I had NOT heard of.

[@garycarr3857]

@@markwoolsey5593 Midnight Oil 🛢

[@benparker3628]

I'm 61 years old and I've been playing this song since the 80s

[@rheab4717]

63 and still listening..🇨🇦

[@garycarr3857]

​@@rheab4717 Oct 3, 2009

[@garycarr3857]

Midnight Oil

[@ZenDoggie]

Hard to play it any sooner than that, eh? 🤣🤣🤣

[@samomarincek478]

61💪👍

[@octovpn]

Note to future generations never let this song die

[@pennysmithett4747]

Yes I agree

[@donaldtrumpjr4455]

Gotcha bro

[@Shadamehr100]

Don't let billionaires extract resources for free, tax the bastards, make them pay !

[@yannberg9392]

we won't don't you worry

[@brentspiner-clone6598]

I too enjoy mainstream protest anthems gifted to me by big money and social engineering think-tanks.

[@melissabalagso7249]

Seriously, I will never get tired of listening to this song😍 the songs of the 1980's are still the best😍

[@711901]

Back when music still had talent and lyrics that’s actually had value and meant something 👍

[@antoinegagnon9282]

The chorus is one of the best chorus of recent musical history

[@fonzyarreza8644]

I would not consider it recent but yeah it is good

[@Janet1968]

Sir Plato Butt - Oh honey, in the grand scheme of things this song is recent. Lol

With the meaning of this song, it is, and will be recent, because people are doing shit about it.

[@didylilitha2850]

Antoine Gagnon Yessssss!!!! 😍😍😍😍

[@algo2002odg]

saludos dross!

[@gregmckay7113]

Where was I for 33 years? Under a rock that's where! First time listening to this, dad told me to check it out. Thanks dad 👍

[@jimcare3878]

haha another Dad told me to check this out. brilliant. there's some cool Dads out there. i saw them heaps live back in the day rsls or leagues clubs. awesome stuff

[@MrCurly210]

33 years and didn't hear this song..... Could you even breathe under that rock ?

[@VinayKannan]

Your dad is a man with Great taste ! :)

[@AudieHolland]

Obviously a rather decent and soundproof rock. Where would that be? Just asking for a friend

[@Mr57ride]

if you like this check out their older stuff from Head Injuries and Place without a postcard albums

[@talonsoftheraven6693]

Respect to Australia and to Midnight Oil for such a great song, 10/10, prehaps one of the best songs ever written!

[@dellmichaelcifrodella7183]

With the world the way it is, This living work of art is needed more now than it ever has.

[@luisbarrera1099]

I bought this cassette in the early 80's. I was 17. Still listen and love this song at 55. The words says it all. Cut and dry.( Vivir y deja vivir ) live and let live. Respect to one race. The human race.

[@SlayerofFiction]

Except it came out in 87, soooo your memory is a bit fuzzy their champ.

[@izzimichaels2892]

@@SlayerofFiction the older you get, the fuzzier the past becomes

[@garethbird4259]

Same here dude

[@leepostmanpat]

What a song, I'm listening to this on a daily basis since hearing this on a radio station. What a voice, I can't believe I've only just discovered this song aged 38.

[@AKADEMIKparty]

that's literally not possible, unless you spent the last 38 years in a nuclear shelter without any contact with the outside world

[@dylanmcwhirter9844]

Where have you been

[@leepostmanpat]

I know yeah, but I'm making up for it now by listening to it every day.

[@graemeozzie2251]

Mate. If you think Beds Are Burning is great check this out... kzbin.info/aero/PL4AD87E05E406A94B Midnight Oil at their peak 2 years before Diesel & Dust came out.

[@ryancoyle1595]

@@leepostmanpat I never knew this song either until I heard it on the radio in Boston area recently

[@qwert4560]

The chorus, wow!!! It still chills me after all this years! And I feel like I'm 11 years old again! God bless them!

[@gamerholics6556]

I AM 12 and i love this song it is a banger of a song!

[@bashess4913]

YA SOMETIMES CHILDREN GET CHILDREN, ORR CHILEDREN...........

[@jairopinto4636]

ele montava os meses gratis

[@franklinmiller3402]

I will when we get to 2025.....71 years old and still listening.... These guys were laying down the truth.....sad it still needs to be corrected...

[@NaturalMeAmerica]

So true not much has changed.

[@hectorayub2594]

62 & I am here! still enjoying this masterpiece on Dec 2020!

[@ogmegzy]

On ya maaate!!

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Me too....at 40....I do believe I remember this tune, when I was a kid....and, it was ( is still ) an AWESOME tune! I drink to that!!

[@jacoblopez2339]

33 years old and i still like it

[@lauraberrioruiz]

The same at 26

[@captainlandslide9874]

Hell yeeaahh 👍👍😁

[@danielvelez4219]

There's nothing better than the 80's music♬ ♪ ♫♬ ♪ ♫♬ ♪ ♫

[@melara80]

Daniel Velez a webo loco

[@Hollanda-uj7tl]

Except the 90’s of course

[@tunccdd]

👍

[@raghadb2044]

and 70s and 60s

[@Gen-x-press]

I honestly think this is one of the greatest songs ever made

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Same!! Every time I hear it on the radio I CRANK IT UP!!

[@KurlyKath]

Me too!! I love it! Did they do anything else like this? Or do you know of anything else that's something like this?

[@garycarr3857]

@Jardel Borel Midnight Oil 🛢

[@claudewynter7426]

If not the greatist ? !

[@daeithebest]

I sincerely love this song a lot. It really makes me feel good whenever I listen to it.

[@gianlucaspanu4664]

Me now 02:13 on my balcony at home..a nice glass of red wine..and great..all the joy of the world in power..greetings from Italy✌️🇮🇹🍷

[@dieseIboy]

I always come back to this album. Grew up listening to it as a child. It’s such a timeless classic. All love ❤

[@garycarr3857]

Midnight Oil 🛢

[@williammunny9916]

*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ --

[@insert-name-here]

I find it hopeful that even people from the US are still listening to this song. It’s probably been one of the most essential Australian tracks in music history and it’s meaning is more important than ever, especially to the Indigenous Australians who have been on Australia for more than 40,000 years.

[@Deere2154D]

Indigenous. Original to the land, they are immigrants not indigenous. Only place where people are indigenous is Africa.

[@alexbeelen8283]

@@Deere2154D In an anthropological sense indigenous refers to the original human demographic that first inhabited an area. Like Indigenous Australians, Native Americans, First Nations people, etc.

[@Deere2154D]

@@alexbeelen8283 proof they were the first? There is possibility that some weren't and now use that to their advantage

[@marktegeder2455]

I'm from the US and listening! Been listening to the Oils for over 20 years! I get the music and get how the Indigenous Australians are so special and the parallels here with our Indigenous people that were wronged too.

[@snoopysate8900]

@@Deere2154D migration patterns using genetics and dna hold proof

[@rosachairez1658]

I agree 80s will never compare to the music now a Days! I love my 80s

[@Dermacrosis]

Hm I have heard that before somewhere before. Let me think...... Oh yes in the 80s compared to the 60s and 70s.

[@Jack-fn7by]

+Dermacrosis Yeah... it's pretty funny how people always say the old music is better. I actually had a horrifying vision yesterday of some old man in 50-odd years sitting there saying, "See, back in my day we had Skrillex. That was proper music."

[@Dermacrosis]

Jack Louw Welcome to my world when I read comments about the "golden ages" of music. I am not quite fifty yet as I haven't long gone over the crest of the hill. :-) When someone says we had not fake shit in the 80s or 90s I just throw one name out, and that is Milli Vanilli. Caused the biggest fuss at the time when it hit the news.

[@efrenayala2326]

8

[@VGMStudios33]

I totally agree with you! Most of today's music is quite garbage.

[@YvonneMuller-ly1bs]

Great. I feel the soul , coming through the heart , keep on surviving for yourselves , and we feel it tooxxx❤❤

[@Petergarrettofficial-id]

@yvonne hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here.

[@sheilamarie1481]

This song has been on a loop in my head for the past two days out of nowhere. Must be the state of the world right now. June 5, 2024. God help us all

[@StacyD1299]

It just popped into my head this morning 6.7.24 I had to go look it up. It's very fitting for today, on many levels!

[@jokervienna6433]

Yep. Lord, have mercy. Save us from the mess we did.

[@markhale4450]

God is always there, it's gonna be fine.

[@amandalando3520]

This song has been in my head the last couple of day's too. I think it's a legitimate message of what's going in today in the world.

[@frankraw9991]

I bought the 45rpm single way back, and only just seen that they are singing ''to say fair's fair''. I thought they were singing ''to save this sphere''! Don't know how long I can still keep playing ''Never Too Late'' by Status Quo?

[@johnkishap]

this is not a song, this is a masterpiece

[@susannebuchholz72]

Absolutely true!👍🏻👏🏻

[@SerperiorSoup]

it literally is a song

[@tonimasirano7010]

Nice beat, love the lyrics BUT F💥💥💥 the vocals.

[@johnkishap]

@@tonimasirano7010 no, I disagree with you, only this vocal is appropriate, and cool. and the vocalist and the whole group are harmonious and this is the whole highlight.

[@tonimasirano7010]

@@johnkishap that's your damn opinion and you have to right just as i to have one. Personally, i love the song but i hate the lead vocal voice. Sounds like a F retard to me

[@arizonadonna59]

Midnight Oil advocates for Australia. They have souls!

[@BruceHickman-u8n]

awesome song

[@envyus4073]

It advocates for aboriginal people specifically.

[@northshoreman]

Addicted to them in highschool back in 94. Totally forgot about them over the years. Heard the lead singer has cancer and it brought me back to their music. Addicted again.

[@DanielDeRudder]

That pumping bass and drum rhythm is just amazing. A timeless classic.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Just a driving rhythm

[@timothymohan2976]

DAD introduced me to this gem when I was 12... 24 years ago. RIP DAD.

[@abdolahshafikhani9337]

Rip your dad

[@muffs55mercury61]

I'm sorry he has since passed away. Mine also did, 1992.

[@sebastienwaller3720]

Damn your old. Rip your dad.

[@abdolahshafikhani9337]

@@sebastienwaller3720 what do you mean by ( damn your old)? I mean god bless your dad

[@sebastienwaller3720]

@@abdolahshafikhani9337 are you also old?

[@erikhansen7754]

I've always been a metal head but this song absolutely kicks some serious ass! Loved it when it came out.

[@masterofreality5528]

True metalheads appreciate good and quality songs no matter what genre it is.

[@iangregory9763]

@@masterofreality5528 well said

[@masonhebb402]

YES! The riffs in this song are metal worthy...especially the chorus.

[@marcusmurrietta-qk8ri]

be thai

[@keithallen5185]

Why wasn't this band bigger here in America? What an amazing song, and love the message, as it also relates to what happened to the natives here in America.

[@tracigannon3104]

Will never get tired of this band or this song. 🥰

[@sodbuster925]

good for you my friend

[@lindahoeymakers8898]

The time has come...........my friend.................Loving it.........

[@dennishohua3821]

Peter Garrett and Midnight Oi!l 💖

[@polynesiangrooves7112]

AUSTRALIA belongs to the originals .. it’s there’s … it belongs to them .♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@iankearns774]

@@polynesiangrooves7112 It belongs to us all, I am born here, 4th generation. I dont belong to any other place. The cells I am are made from the food I eat, the water I drink, the air I breathe. Every iota of my being is of Australia. Dont you dare fucking tell me I have less of a right to be here than anyone else.

[@mikefriend1514]

Not sure there has ever been a greater protest song than this. Still as fresh and vibrant and relevant as it was when I heard it nearly 30 years ago…

[@felixjones9198]

There's always "Killing in the Name Of".

[@KevBoughen]

U2 Sunday bloody Sunday

[@abilitychex967]

You're all missing something. Protest songs aren't meant to be compared, they are meant to instill something in you. These songs are equally important.

[@NativeDrummer_]

My ol man was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. He fell in love with this song in his last months. This was the last song he heard before cancer claimed his life

[@ceeemm1901]

He felt the sorrow of our stupid collective selfishness...your dad was a noble man...

[@bluestorm3895]

Spooky, i was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year,two major operations and I'm still here listening to this great track ! God bless your dad ! ❤❤

[@grd1966]

Just saw this post as I was just recently diagnosed myself. Metastatic Lung Cancer. I've been living with type 1 for nearly 50 years. Not sure how I'm still here but yeah I dig this tune.

[@bluestorm3895]

@@grd1966 I'm delighted you're still here my friend, let's stick two fingers to cancer together !

[@NativeDrummer_]

@@bluestorm3895keep fighting the good fight!

[@rory6089]

I only know you men from this song and I love you for it. Not many people in this world who will stand up and be counted

[@thornorquay4993]

There's never a bad time to have this song flowing through your ears. 🤗

[@hamidhazem6251]

Tyyyy

[@chelseaman8256]

Very true

[@garycarr3857]

@@hamidhazem6251 Midnight Oil 🛢

[@TheFursInParadise]

What about while you're being tortured, sounds like a bad time lmao

[@charliecw357]

Hmm house fire doesn't sound ideal

How can a simple song be so powerful? Masterpiece!

[@garycarr3857]

Midnight Oil 🛢

[@timmcgrory7105]

SO TRUE!!

[@williammunny9916]

*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ --

[@mehmoodpeerbay]

The facts

[@khoo5996]

Jewish subversion.

[@ric6843]

Loved this song in the 80's and still love this song today. When I watch this video I see a band that is unaffected by others of their era. True to who they are and where they are from. Absolutely love that! Plus their lead singer has dance moves that put a smile on my face every time I see this video! Thank you for all you've done.

[@eddy4576]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d56wmox3j56Kgrc

[@margaretkennedy7411]

Fantastic really the realiy of today

[@gregwaldron1010]

This is not subtle music, its not a subtle subject. Art rarely is. Garrett and the Oils are truly special, the message is profound, shattering and brilliantly true; the music is original and powerful. Oz puts out great music for sure.

[@Emilysorvillo]

What a great song ....totally brings me back to being a kid .

[@newtonbrown1131]

What ever happened to them did they go by the wayside

[@Emilysorvillo]

Newton Brown good question lol

[@MrMin0taur]

Newton Brown Well the lead singer went into politics and is/was a government minister in Australia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Garrett

[@TheShoalguy]

***** Peter Garrett

[@TheShoalguy]

They should put him in dancing with the stars too lol

[@siuealangi9624]

This song gets me every time from the 80's to 2019? Wow!

[@davevalantine8479]

Maravillos una de las mejores bandas.australianas...me encanta esta canción..👋👋👋👋🎶🎶🎻🎹🥁🎤 Classic!!!! Brings back so many memories!!!😎😎

[@gatitanz]

What a fantastic music and band , extremely famous for this tremendous hit! Listening this song now ❤ from Chile.

[@5Porygon]

Thank you Mignight Oil for all your music that you made. You are one of my most favourite music interpretes.

[@jademason-blackwell5601]

I don't think Midnight Oil will ever see this comment but I just want to say, I was front row in one of their last ever concerts in Cairns the other day and I can't express how much it meant to me that Midnight Oil came back to finish the concerts they couldn't get to because of covid. I'm 19, so unfortunately I wasn't born to experience their music in it's prime, but my mother would play Midnight Oil all the time and I grew up with them and other great Australian bands from that time, and it's one of the very few things that my mother and I bonded over. I took her to the concert with me and I'd never seen her so happy before. She was telling all the nice people beside us that the last time she was at a Midnight Oil concert was when she was 8 months pregnant with me. She was so proud that I have grown up to love these amazing bands she raised me with. Most of those band's members are getting on in years, so I was ecstatic to be able to see Midnight Oil for the first and last time. It's morbid, but I could honestly say if I died young, I'd know that seeing Midnight Oil with my mother was the most amazing time in my life, and that I'd be dying happy.

[@minakatsama2014]

You are really blessed for having experienced it!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@DoodooSwaggy]

Hey it's me, Midnight Oil. Thanks for the comment.

[@norbertcsorgei5466]

E

[@donnamurray6345]

I raised my lads on these guys too…they are now 25 and 20 and we went to their last two NZtours, 2017 and 2022….both utterly brilliant. Neat memories to have with my boys. I am so glad to hear they’ve meant loads to you too, glad your mum is stoked, as I have been for my two sons! Truly great musicians, with huge passion for the environment.

[@DJDier57500]

This song is 35 years old, 35!!! And NOTHING has changed... 🥲

[@monchichi7174]

the clock was 12.55 and now 12.05 :-(

[@sellickusa]

35 years old and still amazing

[@deaongosling793]

People still listen.... Still no change 😔 I hear YOU

[@kyleewarren663]

It’s heartbreaking. We know better now. We know way more now. And it’s so heartbreaking…

[@juancolon7990]

I'm 55 and, if anything, it's only gotten worse!

[@СергейТараканов-ы9у]

Я влюбился в эту песню в далеком 1990м году!!!Нравится до сих пор...движения солиста-это бомба!!!Всем здоровья и любви!!!

[@handyandyaus]

Today, Midnight Oil announced that would have a final tour in 2022 and no more after that. A live Oils show was an amazing experience.

[@MrDarknesstolight]

Can't wait

[@dot2562]

Hope this songs encouraged at least a few people to change their ways and make a difference, John 15:13 King James Version 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

[@Paulstrickland01]

@@dot2562 Exodus 32:27 He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor. I think the worlds had it's fill of psychopathic narcissistic prophets and the musings of his cultlike followers dot........bit of an eyes bigger than the belly if you get my drift.

[@handyandyaus]

@@Paulstrickland01 Take it elsewhere happy clapper

[@sixtoramos426]

This is not a song IT'S A MASTERPIECE

[@konradasjokubaitis1765]

Yes,it is Sixto Ramos

[@rickthompson1422]

....amen...

[@user-fp4zw1su5n]

A facts a fact

[@elih9700]

Mastershit off all time.

[@bill2178]

better than the mona lisa

[@glenburns1223]

Peter Garrett was the singer in Midnight Oil. He is no longer with the band. He served two terms as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation. In his first term, from 1989 to 1993, significant results were achieved for many threatened areas of the Australian environment including Coronation Hill in Kakadu, Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, the Queensland Wet Tropics rainforest and Jervis Bay in NSW. In his second term, the ACF grew strongly, developed partnerships with non-government organisations, progressive business groups and companies, and expanded it's campaigning into marine conservation and northern Australia. He received the Australian Humanitarian Foundation Award ( environment category) in 2000, and in 2003 received the Order of Australia (Member General Division) for his contribution to environment and the music industry. Dude lives what he believes.Vern Collins - Vancouver, Wa

[@cinderellsworth]

Thank you for taking the time to give us this information. I've loved this band since my 40 yr old son listened to it in high school. Congratulations to Peter Garrett for his achievements and dedication to the causes he so passionately believes in!

[@ariadnebarboza2683]

Glen Burns o sie ir÷ ###

[@Antelopesheep]

They are touring this year, with Peter.

[@joshstanton267]

yeh buddy!!

[@allanwhite3264]

Garretts other achievements were being responsible for the deaths of 5 young tradesmen & burning down of numerous houses through his failed Labor governments insulation scheme.

[@michaeldonovan405]

The greatest song ever written. A close second is WE ARE The People by Empire Of The Sun. They know HOW to nake music.

[@sierracharlotte5636]

I remember my dad playing this song, with the windows rolled down driving through the hot dessert every year in January when I was younger to go see my relatives. I miss being younger.

[@HAIRYBIKER777]

Mmm... hot dessert

[@higgsbosongirl]

@@HAIRYBIKER777 Desert too dry to grow 2 esses.

[@MaxymilianGames]

1:44 o_O WTF?.... Best Dance Ever!

[@josemanuellol5693]

MaxymilianGames jajajajajaj digo lo mismo

[@12Kjub]

3:23 so much happiness solo dance

[@dominiusfranzerhich168]

MaxymilianGames looks like me dancing in front of my crush 😀😂

[@broonanaclan2514]

MaxGame mate, he is like the best fuckn dancer in the world mate, atleast he can bloody sing and the dancing adds character

[@clarenceyouman9349]

awosome

[@mauriciojafetgarcesdiaz4528]

Recuerdo cuando tenía 6 años y mamá ponía en el DVD puros videoclips 80's que infancia tan hermosa me otorgó mi mamá con la belleza de estos temas.

[@mesias73]

Yo los veía por la TV, ya que cuando salió esta canción los VHS recién estaban saliendo a la venta...

[@qjosejatech7516]

Y yo nunca los vi , eramos muy pobres y ni tele teniamos en los 80s.. solo sonaba en la radio :)

[@ArturoMartínezPresentado]

En eso tienes razón, además, es muy buena 😀😀

[@ElbisPen]

❤AMO Beds Are Burning es un Temazo 2022

[@marcelogonzalez5771]

@@ElbisPen mi cancion preferida

[@Djmbs237]

Damn it feels good revisiting this in 2024. Using today's slang, it hits different with the state of the Earth now 😮

[@NemesisActual]

The time has come.

[@CT-1902]

To say fair's Fair.

[@davidbell5433]

The world was not ready for this.

[@jamesdolan4042]

This song why? It sounds pretty esoteric to me.

[@Rb-ys6xb]

James Dolan have you seen the news lately?

[@peachbellini2615]

Hmm.. I remember when it was in heavy rotation on MTV ..it was just the exact right amount of political wokeness and catchy toe tapper/head banger.. so.. it was actually right on time.

[@friedrichbiniok8901]

i hope the world is ready for this now. not sure about that :/

[@A74E76]

I don't unterstand, what do you mean? Perhaps for the Covid-19 pandemia?

[@lelgog6097]

This will be listened for 30 more years and even more! Marvellous work, greetings from Croatia!!!

[@norther2023]

Kako je lijepo znati da i mi balkanci slušamo ovo. :D

[@josephmcadams1612]

Couldn't finish listening to this nonsense then or now.

[@johnnykwallz3968]

Joseph Mcadams then why you here? Lol

[@josephmcadams1612]

@@johnnykwallz3968 thought I'd give it another shot after all these years. It still sucks, couldn't finish listening to it.

[@johnnykwallz3968]

Joseph Mcadams hahaha true. I used to love the song as a kid so I guess it just brings me back to the drive to the cottage with my parents knowing my dirt bike was waiting for me.

[@TheDigitalPillars]

80s was the best decade. There was just enough technology to not complicate things. And the music was priceless. PS, 1200+ people don't have ears.

[@BearMountainMike]

People have become too technophiliac

[@GrahameGould]

Now 16k+. But 417k+ do have ears and a brain and heart. And Mike, you mean technophilic, I believe.

[@LoriJMarshall]

That voice, that grove, the message: timeless!