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[Rob] What happened basically was
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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

What happenedbasically was we were caught unawarethat the songs about Aboriginal peoplein...

[Rob] What happened
basically was we were caught unaware
that the songs about Aboriginal people
in Australia would find an acceptable
listening audience overseas

Full Transcript

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[Rob] What happened basically was
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we were caught unaware that the songs
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about Aboriginal people in Australia would find
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an acceptable listening audience overseas.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:34
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.
And then we went on the road and we got in the bus - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
And then we went on the road and we got in the bus
-[audience cheering] -[MC] Please welcome - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
-[audience cheering] -[MC] Please welcome
♪ How can we dance When our earth is turnin'?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
♪ How can we dance When our earth is turnin'?♪
♪ How do we sleep While our beds are burnin'?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
♪ How do we sleep While our beds are burnin'?♪
We started going into major, major concert halls - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
We started going into major, major concert halls
And instead of playing number, you know, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
And instead of playing number, you know,
♪ How do we sleep While our beds are burnin'?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
♪ How do we sleep While our beds are burnin'?♪
♪ The time has come To say fair's fair♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
♪ The time has come To say fair's fair♪
♪ The time has come♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
♪ The time has come♪
We should have immediately gone to France - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
We should have immediately gone to France
♪ To pay our share♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:22
♪ To pay our share♪
[Rob] Each of the bass players that we had - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
[Rob] Each of the bass players that we had
Bones, kind of, I always think saved the band in one way. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
Bones, kind of, I always think saved the band in one way.
Although he didn't play as hard as Giffo, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:12
Although he didn't play as hard as Giffo,
["Counting the Beat" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:12
["Counting the Beat" playing]
Oh! [chuckling] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Oh! [chuckling]
[Rob] He brought a sense of fun - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[Rob] He brought a sense of fun
Particularly on those long, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
Particularly on those long,
[Rob] And Bonesy would just send the whole thing up - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
[Rob] And Bonesy would just send the whole thing up
And that was as important as his musical contribution. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
And that was as important as his musical contribution.