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So it's about 30 years, isn't it
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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

So it's about 30 years,isn't it, since we played that songout here, and that was just...

So it's about 30 years,
isn't it, since we played that song
out here, and that was just before the Blackfella-Whitefella Tour

Full Transcript

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So it's about 30 years, isn't it,
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since we played that song out here,
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and that was just before
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the Blackfella-Whitefella Tour.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:11
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.
Like, you never would have thought when we were - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:13
Like, you never would have thought when we were
[Peter] I think particularly at this time, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:10
[Peter] I think particularly at this time,
I think that - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:10
I think that
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."