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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ We don't serveYour country♪ ♪ Don't serve your king♪ ♪ Know your custom...♪ We're less...

["The Dead Heart" playing] [crows cawing] ♪ We don't serve
Your country♪ ♪ Don't serve your king♪ ♪ Know your custom...♪ We're less inclined to believe what we read
and what we see on the box than we are to go out
and experience firsthand

Full Transcript

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["The Dead Heart" playing]
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[crows cawing]
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♪ We don't serve Your country♪
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♪ Don't serve your king♪
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♪ Know your custom...♪
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We're less inclined to believe
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what we read and what we see on the box
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than we are to go out and experience firsthand.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:15
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 I think that Midnight Oil has always had - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
And I think that Midnight Oil has always had
These people out here won't often get an opportunity - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
These people out here won't often get an opportunity
♪ The true country ♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:33
♪ The true country ♪
[Rob] It was remarkable for us, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
[Rob] It was remarkable for us,
["Helps Me Helps You" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
["Helps Me Helps You" playing]
♪ My policy helps me Helps you♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:11
♪ My policy helps me Helps you♪
[Martin] We carried our pub-rock sound - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[Martin] We carried our pub-rock sound
[Gordon] Yeah, the community was a bit different. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
[Gordon] Yeah, the community was a bit different.
Country music, gospel... A bit laidback. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Country music, gospel... A bit laidback.
So the Oils performance, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:18
So the Oils performance,
They became a great catalyst for their creativity. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
They became a great catalyst for their creativity.
They just had songs coming out of them - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
They just had songs coming out of them
They felt that they could write something about it. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
They felt that they could write something about it.
♪ All the people Of different races♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:37
♪ All the people Of different races♪
...they're a group of white, middle-class boys, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:13
...they're a group of white, middle-class boys,
So you're looking at a different climate, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
So you're looking at a different climate,
Everything's different, everything's remote, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
Everything's different, everything's remote,
[indistinct chatter] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:09
[indistinct chatter]
[Mark] I think for most of the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
[Mark] I think for most of the band
Their tour was a culture shock, essentially. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:06
Their tour was a culture shock, essentially.