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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

I think that coming at musicfrom that perspective, with that kind of motivationand intent,...

I think that coming at music
from that perspective, with that kind of motivation
and intent, sort of feels to me
like it's the right time to be playing

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I think that
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coming at music from that perspective,
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with that kind of motivation and intent,
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sort of feels to me like it's the right time
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to be playing.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:37
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.
Little did I know that it would take on - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Little did I know that it would take on
[John] The Oils forged this - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:10
[John] The Oils forged this
It was... maybe an appreciation... - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
It was... maybe an appreciation...
...for so many years saying what so many of us kids back then - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:10
...for so many years saying what so many of us kids back the...
[Rob] Songs played and conceived - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
[Rob] Songs played and conceived
And here we were in our early 60s - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
And here we were in our early 60s
As far as the intensity and the speed - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
As far as the intensity and the speed
[audience cheering] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:11
[audience cheering]
♪ The rich get richer The poor get the picture♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:15
♪ The rich get richer The poor get the picture♪
♪ The bosses want decisions Workers need ambitions♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:15
♪ The bosses want decisions Workers need ambitions♪
♪ What am I to know?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:15
♪ What am I to know?♪
I wanted us still to be seen as a creative force. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
I wanted us still to be seen as a creative force.
[John] For any band who's had a long break, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[John] For any band who's had a long break,
Will people still want to hear what they've got to say? - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Will people still want to hear what they've got to say?
Will they be able to create something - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Will they be able to create something
[waves crashing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
[waves crashing]
"We've got such a past to live up to." - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
"We've got such a past to live up to."
He played straight up. He played "First Nation" - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
He played straight up. He played "First Nation"
And I was like, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
And I was like,
"And that is the Midnight Oil essence, those songs." - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
"And that is the Midnight Oil essence, those songs.&quo...