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The Song Beds Are Burning By Midnight Oil

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Good Morning/ Afternoon Mrs Kelly and Year 8 Students The song I am going to talk about today is Beds are burning by Midnight Oil. Bed are burning is a political song about giving back the land to native Australians. This song is very meaningful and is saying what's right and should be done. Midnight Oil also known as ‘the oils’ by the fans is a legendary rock pop band that is from and formed in Australia. In the band there were five members at the time the song was written in which was 1987. Peter Garrett playing the harmonica and as lead singer, Rob Hurst on the drums, Jim Moginie as guitar/keyboard, Martin Rotsey as the lead guitarist and Peter Gifford on bass guitar as well. Midnight oil started in 1970 with Jim and Andrew, then Rob joined in 1971. By 1976 they had changed there name to Farm and decided they needed a singer, there was an add in the local paper and Peter Garrett turned up for audition. In 1976 they first met there long term manager Gary Morris who is treated as the sixth member of the band. Also in1976 Farm grew with the arrival of Martin. They then changed there name to Midnight Oil after it was randomly drawn out of the hat. …show more content…

Some other hit songs from Midnight Oil include The dead heart, Blue sky mine and Power and the passion. The Blackfella Whitefella tour gave them inspiration to the songs in the album of Diesel and Dust. Diesel and Dust became hit worldwide, as did the single Beds Are Burning. Diesel and Dust is the biggest selling album of their career, selling over two million

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