Here's a great hit from the past!
Beds are Burning ( 1987 )
Hypnotic, relentless, powerful...... music from the Australian rock group Midnight Oil
A song about the taking of the ancestral homelands from the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, by the Australian government. Specifically the Pintupi people, who were the last of the aboriginals to "come out from the desert" in the 1930"s....the rest were forcibly moved out and institutionalized during the 1950's....*sigh ):
Music doesn't get much better than this folks!
Out where the river broke
The blood wood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now
To pay our share
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
We're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
Songwriters
GARRETT, PETER / GIFFORD, PETER / HIRST, ROBERT / MOGINIE, JAMES
Nice to see some sincere concern by a rock group...or any group for that matter.
The bad-ass looking guy is Peter Garrett - he totally looks like that guy from "The Hills Have Eyes"
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| see what I mean??? |
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| Rob Hirst |
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| Jim Moginie |
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| Martin Rotsey |
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| Peter Gifford |
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| Bones Hillman |
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I don't have a photo of Andrew James so I will use this Forever Alone Guy in lieu of.
Beds are Burning also turned out to be Midnight Oil's greatest hit....hard to top that one huh?
A link to the official Midnight Oil Website:
midnightoil.com
Thanks To:
- Wikipedia
- Metrolyrics
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