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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And so these gigsdictated the kind of music you could play

[upbeat music playing] [Rob] And so these gigs
dictated the kind of music you could play

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[Rob] And so these gigs dictated the kind of music
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you could play.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:39
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 that could have grave consequences - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:08
...and that could have grave consequences
♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:17
♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪
So I had to announce - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
So I had to announce
[Jim] You know, you had to be fit to sort of - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:05
[Jim] You know, you had to be fit to sort of
[Andrew] There was no way that the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:07
[Andrew] There was no way that the band
I was just a young, blue-collar worker - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line 00:11
I was just a young, blue-collar worker
♪ 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