Midnight Oil Civil War
The picture that comes immediately to mind when I think of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil comes from the television. I can still picture the band on the stage at the Fox Theatre - the spastic rhythmic movements of the gawky bald vocalist, Peter Garrett, dominating the stage during the Blue Sky Mining tour, backed by the Hunters & Collector's horn section on the band's breakthrough hit "Beds Are Burning" - but I can't erase the other image from my memory.
In the aftermath of the wreck of the Exxon Valdez and its resulting environmental disaster, the Oils staged an impromptu protest concert on the streets of New York City, on a truck bed immediately outside of Exxon's corporate headquarters. The picture I have is of Garrett climbing …show more content…
Still "Beds Are Burning" connected with many in the world who saw the plight of native peoples across the globe mirrored in this cry to right a long passed historical wrong. Some Christian fans also found a hint of Garrett's spirituality on other tracks from Diesel and Dust like "Dead Heart," "Dreamworld," and even "Bullroarer."
The band followed up that work with Blue Sky Mining, again challenging inhumane and unjust treatment of the working and lower classes, while prophesying of "kingdom come" in "One Country." The Creator God was celebrated in "Stars of Warburton," even as success in popular culture's terms was eschewed in "King of the Mountain." The band's tour that year, gathered together with vintage live recordings dating back to tours supporting albums like 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and Red Sails in the Sunset, to produce Scream in Blue a celebration of fifteen years of Midnight Oil live shows.
Now for Earth and Sun and Moon, Garrett and company have sought to create a more immediate, intimate feel, like a return to more of a live in the studio sound. Says guitar/keyboard player Jim Moginie, "That's because that's the way we recorded it. We wanted to get back to the songs and our instruments, get back that feeling of playing
In the aftermath of the wreck of the Exxon Valdez and its resulting environmental disaster, the Oils staged an impromptu protest concert on the streets of New York City, on a truck bed immediately outside of Exxon's corporate headquarters. The picture I have is of Garrett climbing …show more content…
Still "Beds Are Burning" connected with many in the world who saw the plight of native peoples across the globe mirrored in this cry to right a long passed historical wrong. Some Christian fans also found a hint of Garrett's spirituality on other tracks from Diesel and Dust like "Dead Heart," "Dreamworld," and even "Bullroarer."
The band followed up that work with Blue Sky Mining, again challenging inhumane and unjust treatment of the working and lower classes, while prophesying of "kingdom come" in "One Country." The Creator God was celebrated in "Stars of Warburton," even as success in popular culture's terms was eschewed in "King of the Mountain." The band's tour that year, gathered together with vintage live recordings dating back to tours supporting albums like 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and Red Sails in the Sunset, to produce Scream in Blue a celebration of fifteen years of Midnight Oil live shows.
Now for Earth and Sun and Moon, Garrett and company have sought to create a more immediate, intimate feel, like a return to more of a live in the studio sound. Says guitar/keyboard player Jim Moginie, "That's because that's the way we recorded it. We wanted to get back to the songs and our instruments, get back that feeling of playing