| Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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thank you for that lovely little bit of nationalistic stereotyping. if you would care to investigate before spouting off self-righteous bullshit, you would have found that Midnight Oil has made multiple efforts with multiple tribes of indigenous people to right the wrongs perpetrated on them. they have multiple NONPROFIT tours of the bushland to get a feel for the plight of the Aborigines and gave donated significantly to legal action against the abuse of Aboriginal land rights. hell, you don't even have to know all that to not be "skeptical"--just look at the remainder of the Deisel and Dust album. the entire thing is committed specifically to the issues facing the indigenous peoples of Australia. *sigh* i dunno. i'm just pissed because i'm an oiler to the core. any other band and i might be inclined to agree with you. but Midnight Oil wasn't--isn't--any other band. that's the reason i'm an oiler even now. |
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| Midnight Oil – The Dead Heart Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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the song is regarding a more specific issue than just the development of "civillization". its echoing the plight of the Austrailian Aborigines, whose situation is mucht the same as that of the American Indian--"White man came took everything". this is a strident song calling for a reemergence of aboriginal pride and cultural heritage; a heritage repressed for many years by the Australian government and populace. the lines regarding industry are targeted specifically at those industries which have recieved favors from the government at the expense of the Aboriginal people. the Aborigines have been repeatedly shunted aside to accomodate these "collected companies" without any recompense in many instances. this is not a song condeming the development of society. this a song decrying the abuse of men. |
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