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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

I was just a young,blue-collar worker from the wrong sideof the bridge, you know,that sort...

I was just a young,
blue-collar worker from the wrong side
of the bridge, you know,
that sort of happened to join up with these pretty smart guys from the other side
of the bridge

Full Transcript

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I was just a young, blue-collar worker
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from the wrong side of the bridge,
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you know, that sort of happened to join up
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with these pretty smart guys
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from the other side of the bridge.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:47
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.
♪ 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
["Run by Night" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
["Run by Night" playing]
♪ We all run by night♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
♪ We all run by night♪
...before we even played a note, he's destroyed the stage - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
...before we even played a note, he's destroyed the sta...
[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
[guitar playing]
He lost his mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
He lost his mum
I think if anyone witnesses their mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:10
I think if anyone witnesses their mum
Suddenly they had no money, no home, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
Suddenly they had no money, no home,
[Peter] The fact that I couldn't rescue my mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
[Peter] The fact that I couldn't rescue my mum
[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:12
[guitar playing]
["Stand in Line" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
["Stand in Line" playing]
♪ Get around, get around All that money in the ground♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
♪ Get around, get around All that money in the ground♪
[Peter] But by the late '70s, right-wing governments - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
[Peter] But by the late '70s, right-wing governments
Young people were quite marginalised - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
Young people were quite marginalised
And we didn't have any money either. [chuckles] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
And we didn't have any money either. [chuckles]
♪ Everything's set Everything's fine♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
♪ Everything's set Everything's fine♪
[Nick] So much of Australian culture - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
[Nick] So much of Australian culture
"Oh, you can't have any of that, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:13
"Oh, you can't have any of that,
People who won't get off their backsides - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
People who won't get off their backsides