Midnight Oil 'US Forces' (Reaction) Smitty's Rock Radar

[@donna25871]

10 to 1 is my favourite Oils album. This was my karaoke song of choice during my uni days down at Steve’s on Wednesday nights in the early 1990’s.

[@livertic]

Mine is Head injuries

[@ianrandall482]

Oe of the best albums ever made.

[@scottbennier1335]

Rob Hurst……. One of the greatest drummers in the world !!!!!

[@jeanwilson717]

Totally agree, he's brilliant.

[@msduckie2384]

🎯🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯💯👍🇦🇺

[@ianrandall482]

Amen to that.

[@christinelawrie3476]

YES. It really frustrates me when " greatest drummers of all time" lists are released and he isn't on it.

[@stavringo]

"10,9,8,7,,,,1" and :Place without a postcard" are 2 of their best studio albums.Also "Oils on the Water" live is a classic oils performance.The Australian pub music scene in the 70s and 80s were our most prolific best.The world missed out.

[@CryptikConstruct]

When the Generals Talk

[@shmick6079]

Cheers for the shoutout, dude! Enjoy the Oils rabbit hole. “Oils on the Water” is criminally unknown outside of Australia… and possibly even within it these days! Belter of a live show. If you’re enjoying Midnight Oil, may I also suggest at some point working your way to the Cold Chisel catalogue - possibly Australia’s greatest ever classic or pub rock band.

[@ianwebb3496]

Hang on a minute; New Zealand is outside of Australia. Trust me, they're plenty well known over here.

[@shmick6079]

@@ianwebb3496 true - I tend to lump NZL in as another Australian state when discussing such matters. That’s not a knock - kiwis are our brothers and sisters.

[@darrylbirt6049]

Bro, Rob on drums is sick, especially during 'Oils on water'! You will love that show!

[@WhatTheHellEverything]

Can’t wait. Checking it out this week. Watch for it soon

[@genstitchr]

It was played in 1983 on college radio. Greatest regret of my life that I only got to see them live twice. Oils Forever!

[@ianwebb3496]

A thing that you can assume with a Midnight Oil song is that it will probably have political commentary / content in it, varying in scale between global and local to Australia. The band "broke through" to a broader audience in about 1982 with the (fabulous) 10-to-1 album which featured Power and the Passion as a big radio hit. This live version of it will give you a fair idea of why an Oils concert was always just a great, great thing to be at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faLEYqmNntare9E (Seriously: look at this TODAY!) Incidentally, Peter Garrett (the rather arresting lead singer) was elected to the Australian House of Representatives and served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, & Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth.

[@lukedumet4359]

Have a listen to Power and the Passion, Smitty. From the same album, which is a classic

[@Nsan]

That's the first Midnight Oil song that I ever heard and I was hooked immediately

[@KitKat-wt6ed]

We call that oils album 10 to 1, we're aussies, we're never gonna say the whole thing 😆

[@alliegal45]

Oils did their world farewell tour last year…played the USA

[@PhotonJon]

They’re not just still around. Their singer was a member of the Australian government for a good while. 😆

[@barnowl.]

Please check out, 'Stand In Line,' by the 'Oils', done in live concert. The intro is fantastic. They are a band with a conscience and a message. Another Aussie,who is one of the best singers in the world is, John Farnham. Always react to him live and in concert, too. He has a huge number of hits to choose from! He also sings songs with a message. Try, 'You're The Voice,' with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in concert.

[@DavidWatkinsDave-pz7gv]

Its Head Injuries if you want raging rock.

[@violincredible]

Got yourself a like and a subscribe right there. Great reaction, loved it!

[@WhatTheHellEverything]

Awesome thank you!

[@chippyjohn1]

Divided world, the USA. That's what I hear.

[@crazytimes9515]

Divided world the C.I.A.

[@chippyjohn1]

@crazytimes9515 It's divided world the USA. They were pressured not to sing it though so changed the lyrics.

[@MrCharliemcgoo]

the Oils = Power and Passion -- - better to live on your feet than to die on your knees

[@DavidPola1961]

Lead singer Peter Garrett became a Senator in the Federal Australian Parliament

[@craigroyle860]

How did that turn out 😢

[@crazytimes9515]

​@@craigroyle860he was a sell out

[@janetlilley8970]

What an awesome song. Love the Oils. Please review King of the Mountain, & Blue Sky Mine

[@greybirdo]

‘I can see why I’ve never heard this played on radio in the United States…heh heh heh Fuckin’ A’. FUCKIN’ A!!!

[@livertic]

Listen to Head injuries, i was 14 it blew me away

[@tynkirbell599]

Good react. Can't wait for you to do the albums

[@scottwatson9453]

The "Countdown" album is soooooon Good!

[@doscojones6404]

Soundtrack of my youth. i got to work with Jim Moginie a couple of times over the last decade or so. He was the composer of a couple of TV movies/mini series edited. Nice guy, soft spoken, humble. I got him to autograph my CDs - but not before he signed my 10 to 1 LP first :)

[@jamescormack8602]

They did this song outside Exxon Building many years ago

[@berniewhalan8690]

They took a break when Garrett seved as a minister in the federal government

[@7884golfguru]

Love the oils saw them live Heeps check out the Angles,and split enz,great live bands as well

[@trumpsta4759]

Check out every version of Power and the passion live on KZbin - Amazing drum solos featuring the rusty old water tank.

[@ACE-gk5gi]

Beds r burning music video is a must..Hey hey its ya goofy m8te from Australia 😆 cold chisel - [ you got nothing I want music video ] - [ cheap wine music video ] - [ Saturday night music video ] now now now go go go 😂 ya goofy m8te from Australia

[@KimberleyLenac-ys3kd]

The Album Species Deceases is my all time favourite Do yourself a favour and have a listen 😊

[@arconeagain]

Fcuck that's a unique sound, fcuck that's a good sound, fcuck that's a great lead guitar sound. I'm thinking those lead breaks may be emulating artillery, and likely inspired by Jimi Hendrix's performance at Woodstock.

[@miccanical]

Listen to the Album "...Head Injuries..". oh, and Aussies invented Selfies.

[@paulphoad]

Their lead singer was, for a week, the Prime Minister of Australia. Peter Garrett... he ended up in politics, our version of Democrats and acted PM when our, then, PM was overseas.

[@LikkieAU]

That never happened…

[@paulphoad]

@@LikkieAU Unfortunately it did happen. After the Oils Peter went into politics becoming minister for the Environment in the Gillard Australian labor Government. So 2010 to 2013. At one point he was deputy prime minister of Aus... . A few searches on google you can get more info.

[@opiniondude1]

It's difficult to express the feeling of the time when these albums came out. It seems like many lifetimes ago..

[@jvvoid]

I haven't heard Oils on the Water. I went to plenty of Oils gigs, and they never disappointed, but live albums just aren't the same, usually. Can't believe it'd be better than the studio albums.

[@NoApologiesTeam]

Thumbs up for the choice of song

[@KrunchyJD]

Its more about the cloud of Nuclear war...

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Oils on the Water, concert video is a Must! Fkn classic stuff👍😎 Def one of the best live bands going! Another top political/social band of our Aussie bands was Spy vs Spy(v.spy v.spy).. a kickass 3piece 🤘🤘 Don't Tear it Down,Credit Cards, Sallie-Anne(a true story song), The Golden Mile, Mission Man- (🎶Yesterday I met a man Who ruled the world in his sleep A park bench for a pillow It's a castle in his dream All of his belongings are in A brown bag tied with string But people pass and step around Man without a mission See him find a lifelong friend in A pigeon in the park The winter cold cuts to the bone A shiver in the dark And people pass and step around Man without a mission He's a mission man He's a man without, a man without a mission He's a mission man He's a man without, lost without ambition He's a mission man He's a man without, lost without a vision Maybe guided by a vision Maybe in a dream So thank you Merle, for caring for The men without a mission Lost without a vision). ....& plenty more killer tracks👍 ✌️🇦🇺

[@jonob9004]

I recomend "Reef" of Resist !!

[@tonyshields6628]

Peter Garrett ended up as a Senator in theOz govt.

[@yestotruth794]

Song was banned in the USA at the time, Lead singer became a politician & sold out, however what a brilliant song it still is

[@suz5862]

Peter Garrett did NOT sell out.

[@yestotruth794]

@@suz5862 The fact that he aligned himself with a political side speaks volumes. He achieved very little, and his opponents relentlessly mocked & embarrassed him in parliament, exposing the harsh realities of a dog-eat-dog political landscape.

[@suz5862]

When he entered politics there were few to none independents. Labor being in power was an obvious choice. Being unable to effect change and being criticized by conservatives does not equate to selling out.

[@yestotruth794]

@@suz5862 The fact that he joined a party he once mocked in his songs says it all. From the moment he joined, it was clear he was a sellout. Everyone saw it-except you.

[@nobodyreally5264]

us forces.one of midnight oils best tunes,beds are burning would not get in my top twenty moil tunes.

[@MyMusic-cd3do]

US Forces is not so much about the actual soldiers, it's more about how The US government encroached on Australia (and the world) with US bases around the world, in this case, particularly Australia.

[@genstitchr]

They retired from touring in 2022 with their goodbye world tour.

[@MyMusic-cd3do]

10 songs better than Bed's Are Burning? I think EVERY song on the first four albums are better than Bed's Are Burning. Hirsty's drumming is very low key in Bed's Are Burning and for much of their more commercially acceptable music. But it is his drumming in the early days is one of the reasons I love the Oils.

[@mrkeym.5386]

Do Head Injuries, Any song off that Album is great.

[@petesenior6542]

Oils on the Water!!! ASAP! Epic show. When people think of Australian bands.........it's always AC/DC. You know, the guys from England and Scotland? F@ck off with that BS! Midnight Oil are a national treasure!

[@WhatTheHellEverything]

That full reaction is up on Patreon! Here’s the beginning… kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnrUqmupgMmIopYsi=4nClW05BKF3TPrw5

[@darrylgiffin446]

They started off playing at university that’s why their so political

[@TheFreezerGeezer]

It's frustrating to me as an Oils fan that the song of there's that Americans most recognise is Beds Are Burning. It's nowhere near their best song.

[@WhatTheHellEverything]

Trust me, it’s frustrating as an American too lol

[@TheLocalComedyFarmersMarket]

*BACK2 DUNNYDOOXI BRO*

[@TheLocalComedyFarmersMarket]

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[@TheLocalComedyFarmersMarket]

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[@derhampaul2182]

Check out the librarians it has a cover band of midnight oil