Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning! OH MY...
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Published 2024-06-03
Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning! OH MY...
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I am an Indigenous Australian myself and it brings me joy to see that you an outsider have made a connection to this song and the story behind it. Thank you!
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The rabbit hole of Australian music from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s is very deep. We were blessed with fantastic bands and singers that the rest of the world wasn’t interested in, but now with the power of the internet the world is starting to realise what they have been missing out on. 🇦🇺🤘🥳
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As a big Midnight Oil fan, it was so touching to see you in tears when you “got” the meaning of the song.
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"beds are burning"...... that is an OLD saying meaning "you are guilty of something and can't sleep". The song is one of the BEST songs ever, an anthem for the oppressed in the world. The lead singer is an Activist in Australia.
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The Oil's played live in the middle of New York City stopping traffic for about 30 minutes to protest about an oil spill by Exxon
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The lead singer was a child psychologist who realized he could get his messages to youth through music. He is a passionate humanitarian and environmentalist. He also was a politician for a while. ❤❤
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The songs about the rights of Aboriginal Australians to their traditional lands. It came out in 1987. Five years later Eddie Mabo won his court case against the Australian government for his peoples right to title over their lands in the Torres Strait Islands and the government soon after passed the Native Title Act and set out a new process for applicants to have their rights recognised.
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The leader of this band: Peter Garrett, is, in addition to being a musician, a political activist and was part of the Australian Congress and was Minister of the Environment for the Labor Party, an active defender of ecology.
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The lead singer Peter Garrett ended up becoming the Australian Minister of the Environment in 2007-2010. He had a rare opportunity to make real change about what he is singing about here.
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Midnight Oil played "Beds Are Burning" at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Sydney. Their black outfits were emblazoned with the word "sorry," a symbolic olive branch towards the Aboriginals who were forced from their lands by a government that refuses to apologize. The government at the time refused to offer an apology for past abuses....
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I am Australian. Watch Yuthu Yindi's 'Treaty.' The British stole the indigenous people's land and never even gave them a treaty. It's a big political issue in Australia, still unresolved.
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First time I saw this video I knew what it was about. Growing up in Oklahoma I learned about what happened to the Native Americans and it really hit me about how the Brits treated the Aborigini in their colonizing Australia. Really powerful song. When he says 45 degrees he's referring to 45*C which is close to 115*F.
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Song about Aboriginal people who are the real native people of Australia.
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The Living End, Cold chisel, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, INXS, Air Supply, AC/DC, Crowded House, The Little River Band, Kasey Chambers, The Angels… so many awesome Aussie bands !!
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This is about the Indigenous people Down Under..I speak as an Indigenous Woman ...I come from Indigenous People from North America...Spot on brother. I still live on a reservation in N. America...so do the Aboriginal Down Under.
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Midnight Oil performed a "guerilla"gig on the Avenue of the Americas in downtown Manhattan in front of the Exxon Mobil building after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. I have it on VCR somewhere. They have always been very political, and environmentally conscious. Peter Garrett, the lead singer, is also a lawyer, and a former member of the Australian Federal government.
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The term "midnight oil" refers to working late into the night. Usually called burning the midnight oil. This song is so relevant, still. We never learn, it's so frustrating.
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Midnight Oil are worth a deep dive. Good Aussie rock right there. Peace Out ✌️
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Great reaction BP, you’re right it’s about reparations for taking the land and attempting to destroy the indigenous people of Australia. Music is such a great way to get people thinking about social, historical, or environmental issues.
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Midnight Oil was one of this planet's major protest bands of the 1970s.
