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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Push-startThat car tomorrow♪ ♪ I'll take itTo the tip yard♪ ♪ Leave it as a metal...

["Bus to Bondi" playing] ♪ Push-start
That car tomorrow♪ ♪ I'll take it
To the tip yard♪ ♪ Leave it as a metal wreck
For cats to sleep in♪ ♪ I'll catch
The bus to Bondi♪ [Nick] Yeah, I don't know if
Midnight Oil would have known -we were out there.
-[indistinct chatter] [Nick] All these beaches
were filled with crazy young male energy

Full Transcript

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["Bus to Bondi" playing]
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♪ Push-start That car tomorrow♪
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♪ I'll take it To the tip yard♪
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♪ Leave it as a metal wreck For cats to sleep in♪
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♪ I'll catch The bus to Bondi♪
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[Nick] Yeah, I don't know if Midnight Oil would have known
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-we were out there. -[indistinct chatter]
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[Nick] All these beaches were filled
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with crazy young male energy.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:25
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Blink TV,Beyond Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Contrary. Passionate. Outspoken. Over 45 years Midnight Oil helped shape modern Australia. This is their trailblazing story for the first time on film.
♪ I'm making an inroad To my one and only♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:17
♪ I'm making an inroad To my one and only♪
♪ Then I'll stop the games♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
♪ Then I'll stop the games♪
♪ Then I'll shop At New World♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
♪ Then I'll shop At New World♪
[Rob] So we started off at the Antler - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[Rob] So we started off at the Antler
And then we started packing this surf pub out. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
And then we started packing this surf pub out.
♪ I've decided I'm here to stay♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
♪ I've decided I'm here to stay♪
[Nick] There's a bunch of kids who played out their best - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
[Nick] There's a bunch of kids who played out their bes...
It was a whirlpool of sweat and human bodies - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
It was a whirlpool of sweat and human bodies
Everybody just descended to the same level - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Everybody just descended to the same level
[synth warbling] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
[synth warbling]
[Peter] And I think, in those days, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
[Peter] And I think, in those days,
[upbeat music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[upbeat music playing]
...and that could have grave consequences - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
...and that could have grave consequences
♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:17
♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪
So I had to announce - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
So I had to announce
[Jim] You know, you had to be fit to sort of - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
[Jim] You know, you had to be fit to sort of
[Andrew] There was no way that the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
[Andrew] There was no way that the band
I was just a young, blue-collar worker - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:11
I was just a young, blue-collar worker
♪ Playing games With the light♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
♪ Playing games With the light♪
And that very much changed the image of the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
And that very much changed the image of the band