There's not too many, if any, bands that give tribute to that time. I don't think that they were being disrespectful to those beneath their feet. But yeah, it is a little suspect.
Midnight Oil is a legendary band, and I'm glad they are keeping the memories of our history alive like it should be. We will remember, we got to remember.
Saw the oils one night at the "War and Peace" club at Parramatta NSW very early 80's when they were doing that Powderworks thing,the stage wouldn't have been the size of Rob Hirsts drum riser much later on, lmao.
My Grandad would have turned 105 today, if he was still alive. He used to sing a song called "Annie". My Grandma hated him singing it due to the title being her name. Grandad has been gone for 20 years now. He fought the Japanese invasion and came home a broken man. Mentally he was fine but his body took a pounding. The one line in his simple song was, "when we are gone Annie, will they remember?"
Je me suis rendu a Verdun afin de réaliser une expo sur 14-18 et ce terrain aujourd hui si calme a eu son lot de souffrances!!! Les tombes y sont trop nombreuses,la belle boucherie!!! Pour quelle cause ? Espérons ne jamais revoir ces évènements tragiques.
lol we took a rustic old van to the city to see Midnight Oil, drove for hours.
Yes, it was an epic event. It was the early 1980s. Our ears were ringing, brains pounding after the gig. Spent all night drunk in some out of town camping facility.
Arose (in more ways than one) the next day with a massive hang-over, felt like death. Crawling inside that claustrophobic van, suffocating, all for a glorious night's sleep
If governments and thier soldiers won't stand against tyranny, despotism et al. we are doomed to live in bondage. Not all war is bad. Try to listen to this song and its message in a Taliban controlled region of Afghanistan
what an amazing song and video. as an ex bristish serving soldier i cant belive anybody is arguing over a military cemetry the same respects should be paid to any countries military dead
The incomparable Midnight Oil. Can you imagine what thie world would be if even 1/10th of other bands used their passion the way these guys have to make the world a better place?
Agree with pixsnapper1. I saw them at Pine Knob outside of Detroit for the Earth and Sun and Moon tour during the summer of 1993. They took jabs at Ford. Excellent concert!
Glad to see all the thoughtful comments made here.
Perhaps Forkhead is right but this is the first view of such a cemetery that thousands of teens have seen. Is it good for them to see this?
As well, is it meant as a sacrilege? I think It is meant as a wakeup call. On Remembrance Day around the World we watch the death of 1000's in replayed footage.
back in the 80s the singer was actually a lawyer fighting for the rights of Aborigines, who have been treated just as horribly as the American Indians..... a true humanitarian!
The graves of Fallen Soldier's are Sacred Ground and no film, no music video, should use a cemetary of Fallen Heroes as a setting for a music video. Period.
I like MO and I like the premise of the song, but this was wrong. Whether it was Gallipoli, Verdun, Normandy, Gettysburg, The Ardennes, it was wrong.
I agree with you, despite the message of the song being not to forget those soldiers whose graves they featured. They could have done the same thing with a false set. Don't film it there. Footage maybe, but don't dance around on graves of dead soldiers. Not even (dare I say it?) nazi graves.
forkhead,the nazi soldier's did what they were led to think was the "right" thing to do! I am not defending that pig hitler by any mean's,but german soldier's graves should be respected as well!
Not that I support the Nazi's, I would like to think that is obvious.
But let us not forget that NOT ALL GERMANS are/were Nazis. Many had the safety of themselves and the people they loved at stake and did what they needed to do to survive.
't you get it?!!!! If they did it on a "fake set",that would cheapen their sacrifice even more!! These young men DIED,for Christ's sake!!! Bush refused to allow pictures of the returning dead from Afghanistan and Iraq.. War is killing...killing is brutal stuff! This puts the tally in concrete and horrific terms!!
We agree on a lot, but I think filming a video and using their gravesites as a set for a music video is disrespectful. I think the imagery is what is powerful, not the legitimate location -- they could have done it apart from the actual cemetery.
Typical liberal cool-aid. Try getting your news from reputal sources rather than CNN and MSNBC. Look, we all know that President Bush seized the opportunity to get rid of Sadaam, but he did this based on information from the intelligence agencies. Unlike most of you, I served in the military and understand that diplomacy works in tandem with military strength. This is nothing new. As long as evil exists, someone has to to have the fortitude to fight against it. You can't rationalize with hate.
And we all know how accurate that intellegence was, don't we. I don't hate the soldiers who fought there (my cousin was one), but just the people who sent them there at the behest of the oil industry.
If it was to really get rid of a despot, why don't they invade half of Africa? Oh that's right, there's no oil there!
Not going to say Bush was in the wrong, but nor am I going to say he was totally in the right either.
War is an extension of politics, no more and no less. Flawed intelligence or not, there were other reasons for going in there and the only one who knows them all is Bush.
Anyone who claim that we /only/ went for the oil is looking for a reason to bash the presidency irregardless of the truth.
Was it a strong reason? yes. Was it the only reason, HELL NO.
You STILL believe we went in Iraq for Sadaam? Gz... what reputable source of news are you guys being fed in the military, FOX NEWS? Wake up and smell the coffee. Look, no one blames the military. So no need to help Bush justify the war. You are simply a tool that follows orders from the politicians. Your own thinking is never needed (and apparently never practiced either).
Hey turd, The 18 United Nations resolutions Iraq broke were the reasons to go to war, oh, and FREEDOM to 25 million Iraqi people. One less tyrant to deal with later. Or we can follow the Jimmy Carter/Obama appeasement route with Iran AND THEIR desire for the bomb.
are you talking about the same type of resolutions that we vote against when isreal is on the chopping block. damn, talk about humans rights violations. i agree, you should read some history like when we turned a blind eye to east timor in kissenger and fords time. and you might wanna know that carter facilitated a peace treaty with isreal , egypt and jordan in '79. see-> multinational force and observers. peace has never been broken once in 30 years. in fact that treaty cost sadat his life.
oil oil oil baby, no oil and nobody would give a crap what Sadass was up too... freedom my ass.... is that what you REALLY think happened? hmmm.....Nooooo
Seen all the comments below...are we all forgetting the theme of the song...Old pop was gassed on the Somme, much better than his 17year old bro who is still registered as missing from 1918...Brave aussies who knew no better than to be bullied by pollies.and spin.
And we won't come back 'til it is over, over there. For all the Americans, Anzacs, Indians, Africans, Canadians and others that went to Europe in either of the two wars and never came back.
To my Great Uncle Joe who died at the Bulge, December 1944 with the 106th US Infantry.
must read this. once u have started there is no turning back. a little 10 year old girl was raped and murderded in 1945. her body was not found until 1947. then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message. the dead girl appeared in his room haunting him and killed him. if you do not copy and paste this onto 10 vidoes in 30 minutes the dead girl will apear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. well you
I learned of Midnight Oil from my dad, and to this very day I am in complete agreement with their songs. They have made a stand that should have been made long before. I applaud their skill and dedication. They have inspired me, and will continue to inspire my family for as long as we all live.
i remember a comment about when i was getting ready to deploy to Iraq and someone made a comment that made it to my ears about get your dead out of here they are stinking up the place.... i would still die for any of you!!!
Sorry to hear that. I guess ignorant people are everywhere. What I know is that at the beginning of the war in Iraq 2003 most of my colleagues at work were supporting the invasion. And don't forget the many European countries delivering soldiers to Iraq ; the UK, Spain, Italy, Poland,...haha, I still remember the long discussions at work with the colleagues who didn't support the US. Looking back even I do have to admit Bush pushed it to far. He lied to us all, europeans and his own people.
I'm from Texas... And sorry to say that Bush is living in my city now. He stank up my country and the entire world and is now hiding in a rich, gated community. I just pray that the first ever terrorist nuclear bomb to be denoated on US soil isn't coming here because of him... :(
Canción que debe recordarnos a la gente que murió por la libertad del hombre. Nadie tiene derecho a pensar de que país viene, cuando la libertad del hombre se ve amenazada y solo debe pensar en el bienestar de su semejante sin importar color, credo ni nacionalidad.
Fue la lucha para preservar la libertad y la paz no importando naciones.
because the oils were very anti-government. That's the whole reason why Peter went into politics, to try and change the world. Pretty much. But that never happened. Now hes just a sell-out and, he hasnt done anything while he has been in politics either.
Yes, I do, actually. But it seems as if he hasnt even tried. I know he probably has. But when you're in government, you gotta toe the party line, and if you cross the floor, and stand for whats truely right, you will get the sack. I understand that it's hard, but its been what... 2 years and a bit? 2 Years and what has he done, other than give speeches, and little things. I honestly think he was making more of a difference when he was in music.
The greater majority of Europeans do recognise the USA as our liberators and friends and very much like Americans. Only a minority doesn't. But they are just not smart enough to understand
mate you are a dipshit! how is he suppose to make a positivie change in a party such as the green's? Wouldnt he better served in a party that has more power such as the labor goverment?
ok dipshit, what polcies have been successful implemented thanks to the greens hmmmm, None! Now how many policies have been made by labor, you do the maths and figure out where he has more chance to change things! Dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well i really dont see how you could possible make a signifanct change to the environment unless you are in a political party. He is making more difference now than ever before!
by uniting people behind a cause, activism, putting pressure on the major parties to implement policies, etc.
theoretically he'd be making more difference and i believe that's why he went into politics; to change things from the inside. but he also seems to have changed some of his long standing views since joining labor, or softened them at least, and i think that has left a lot of people disillusioned as to who is changing whom.
a very nice song!, these guys can make some good music.... how did they create that abomination called - burning beds? or what ever it's called.... i hate that song
...& fuel their planes that bombed hundreds of cities & killed innocent civilians...But yet we all get overwhelmed by the emotion of horrible events like that & forget why or how they actually eventuated. to lazy to actually research the "FACTS" of which u think u know but u dont. you sit there like every other sheep assuming that the media tell u the truth & your president or PM r honest and are looking out for ur interests..dont be so nieve...how many times must history repeat before u learn??
Before pearl harbour hardly 1/8th of the US population wanted to go to war...after the event nearly the whole population wanted war...so dont tell me the "entire world" wanted that war...thats bullshit mate, just like the wars before it and after it and today...they're all instigated to benefit the pockets of those few men...
And dont say the nazis were the only ones to blame, not when you had a US based company helping them create chemicals to execute millions of jews, and POW's..
because of this the Japan reacted in retaliation...worse still talks between roosevelt and churchill are even more damning. Roosevelt asked Chruchill what it would take to get Japan to instigate war on US soil...and Churchill suggested to the US break the act of neutrality and hence cut shipping of supplies. Why? so they could enter the war...because nothing props up an economy like unrestrictive warfare...just as it does today.
Oh by the way did you know that during WW2 that John D. Rockefeller's United States-based Standard Oil Co. supplied I.G. Farben - a german chemical company with supplies to create chemicals & petrol which fuelled the nazis bombers etc & chemicals during the holocaust?? Also did u know that the reason pearl harbour was bombed was actually due to aggravated supply shipment restrictions that the US initated..basically cutting their trade w' Japan on purpose so as to create an embargo (act of war).
I've always had a strong interest in WWI. It's really the foundation of where we are today. The rise of the USSR/Russia. The ascent of America. The Jewish converts acquiring Palestine. Certainly the foundation of where we are today and the prelude to the end. If you look at the technological leap between 1915 and 1965, a mere 50 years, it is massive. Nuclear weapons, Jet aircraft, space travel. Makes you wonder if there is not someone....or something moving behind the scenes.
Dont get me wrong, remember those who fought wars..and pay respects, but we should never have fought in the interests of a few men...just as we shouldnt today...remember wars solve nothing..all they do is allow certain individuals to profit from the money made in war and allow governments to put into place security acts to strip us of our freedoms.
A few men? The entire world you mean, if hitler came into power fully, then the world would be an entirely different place. We fought to save billions of people, so get your facts right
I never mentioned Hitler in anything i said, my point wasnt about hitler, and i did say (and i quote) - "remember those who fought wars..and pay respects" Yes they did fight for us against the nazis...im not saying that our men didnt fight for us. My statement was that war should never eventuate to begin with...
I have my facts straight mate, when i say "a few men" im talking about those with hidden agendas..the ones who start wars...the ones who benefit from the profit wars create...
Tive o privilégio de assistir um show da banda em 1997 no Olimpia em São Paulo... Excelente banda... o melhor show que pude ver até hoje... São excelentes... SAVE THE PEOPLE THAT LIKE MIDNIGHT OIL and their cause!!!!
This song always chokes me up. I listen to it every "Memorial Day" (or "Rememberance Day" or "Armistace Day" or whatever your country calls the day they honor their war dead).
The amount of respect this song has for the honored war dead is rare.
this brings me back to 1990 when i was but 12....gotta say...still a great band (and album) after all these years...from an American of Irish descent....
Cant wait to find King Of the Mountain after this!!!!
I agree with bellapanhead and ngfxoxo ... I was able to see this incredible band live in my hometown and was so incredibly moved. A band with something to say. I wish more Amwerican bands were like them!!! Go Oils!!!!
Um, US radio stations DID play this song when it came out many years ago--Midnight Oil was pretty popular in the early 90s and their songs were in constant rotation on American radio.
There's not too many, if any, bands that give tribute to that time. I don't think that they were being disrespectful to those beneath their feet. But yeah, it is a little suspect.
cabronte 2 years ago
They're already dead, you're worthless while alive imagine when you died.
Kungini22 2 years ago
agreed. wtf?! dancing on people's graves? great song and I know what the meaning is but man, don't do that!
91nickt 2 years ago
My Grandfather "fought" at Verdun against France.
He was German, of course, but this is irrelevant.
His four sons also had to "fight" against Russia in the next war. One stepped on a land mine in Poland, one was taken
prisoner at Stalingrad, another in Czechoslovakia.
All four returned, thank goodness :)
GemmBakko 2 years ago
Great song, great sentiment ... but I am shocked that they filmed the clip on the graves of the Great War Aussie soldiers. Bad taste ...
georgemanka 2 years ago
Lmao, they're literally dancing on people's graves.
cfhworld 2 years ago
thanks for putting this song up. another incredible entry in Oil's legacy
LancerBandCameraMan 2 years ago 3
Midnight Oil is a legendary band, and I'm glad they are keeping the memories of our history alive like it should be. We will remember, we got to remember.
TheHandgunhero 2 years ago 3
Saw the oils one night at the "War and Peace" club at Parramatta NSW very early 80's when they were doing that Powderworks thing,the stage wouldn't have been the size of Rob Hirsts drum riser much later on, lmao.
xjsv1253 2 years ago
That These Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain.
biegel94965 2 years ago 3
G'day all,
My Grandad would have turned 105 today, if he was still alive. He used to sing a song called "Annie". My Grandma hated him singing it due to the title being her name. Grandad has been gone for 20 years now. He fought the Japanese invasion and came home a broken man. Mentally he was fine but his body took a pounding. The one line in his simple song was, "when we are gone Annie, will they remember?"
God Bless you Grandad.
theute01 2 years ago 5
Je me suis rendu a Verdun afin de réaliser une expo sur 14-18 et ce terrain aujourd hui si calme a eu son lot de souffrances!!! Les tombes y sont trop nombreuses,la belle boucherie!!! Pour quelle cause ? Espérons ne jamais revoir ces évènements tragiques.
AIRSOFTBROTHERS 2 years ago
Pour quelle cause ? Peu importe la cause, Il faut juste se souvenir que ça vaut rarement la peine... Merci aux Oils pour cette toun fabuleuse!
alexf8888 2 years ago
saw them in new zealand, they use to hop across the ditch
Guevaristas 2 years ago
Well it's only fair.......you gave us so many good muso's!!!
2005kanda 2 years ago
lol we took a rustic old van to the city to see Midnight Oil, drove for hours.
Yes, it was an epic event. It was the early 1980s. Our ears were ringing, brains pounding after the gig. Spent all night drunk in some out of town camping facility.
Arose (in more ways than one) the next day with a massive hang-over, felt like death. Crawling inside that claustrophobic van, suffocating, all for a glorious night's sleep
Guevaristas 2 years ago
lol...rock star
apemanstreetwalker 2 years ago
That sounds like it was fun :)
GemmBakko 2 years ago
If governments and thier soldiers won't stand against tyranny, despotism et al. we are doomed to live in bondage. Not all war is bad. Try to listen to this song and its message in a Taliban controlled region of Afghanistan
mikescrofton 2 years ago
THe oils are a grate band and this is a really underated song
superfluous1313 2 years ago
I love this band, simply under rated
444Bam 2 years ago
what an amazing song and video. as an ex bristish serving soldier i cant belive anybody is arguing over a military cemetry the same respects should be paid to any countries military dead
mstalpha 2 years ago 2
The incomparable Midnight Oil. Can you imagine what thie world would be if even 1/10th of other bands used their passion the way these guys have to make the world a better place?
no1zgrl4eva 2 years ago 3
A classic!!!!!
am2boni 2 years ago
Agree with pixsnapper1. I saw them at Pine Knob outside of Detroit for the Earth and Sun and Moon tour during the summer of 1993. They took jabs at Ford. Excellent concert!
groundballfreddy 2 years ago
This band should have been much bigger in the States... Great live band.
pixsnapper1 2 years ago 3
it would have been much bigger... if pete could dance.
spikespiegel11015 2 years ago
I wish they had filmed this in a place that ANZACs had served.
Robilar 2 years ago
The ANZACs fought in France.
rothaic 2 years ago
Actually, ANZACs served in France in WW1. Look for "II ANZAC Corps" and "Australian Corps " on wikipedia.
finleyd 2 years ago
It should have been done at an Australian war cemetary, after all this song is about Australian soldiers, not French
hardnthefukupstraya 2 years ago
Glad to see all the thoughtful comments made here.
Perhaps Forkhead is right but this is the first view of such a cemetery that thousands of teens have seen. Is it good for them to see this?
As well, is it meant as a sacrilege? I think It is meant as a wakeup call. On Remembrance Day around the World we watch the death of 1000's in replayed footage.
dougcameron47 2 years ago
Yes doesn't matter what cemetry. many aussies have in war but not necessary to film there. mO has so many songs! like them all. Alberto1444
ALberto1444 2 years ago
back in the 80s the singer was actually a lawyer fighting for the rights of Aborigines, who have been treated just as horribly as the American Indians..... a true humanitarian!
astonishingchris 2 years ago 3
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Never forget!
sritger 2 years ago 3
Very Powerful & Moving Song
bmac002 2 years ago
Just found out that this was filmed at the Verdun cemetary in France (check your history link).
Sad. They should have filmed this at either Gallipoli/Dardennelles or Tobruk.
Robilar 2 years ago
The graves of Fallen Soldier's are Sacred Ground and no film, no music video, should use a cemetary of Fallen Heroes as a setting for a music video. Period.
I like MO and I like the premise of the song, but this was wrong. Whether it was Gallipoli, Verdun, Normandy, Gettysburg, The Ardennes, it was wrong.
20ChampX2 2 years ago
I agree 100%.
Infinitespeculator 2 years ago
I agree with you, despite the message of the song being not to forget those soldiers whose graves they featured. They could have done the same thing with a false set. Don't film it there. Footage maybe, but don't dance around on graves of dead soldiers. Not even (dare I say it?) nazi graves.
forkhead 2 years ago
forkhead,the nazi soldier's did what they were led to think was the "right" thing to do! I am not defending that pig hitler by any mean's,but german soldier's graves should be respected as well!
rockysguitar 2 years ago 2
Hell YES!
Not that I support the Nazi's, I would like to think that is obvious.
But let us not forget that NOT ALL GERMANS are/were Nazis. Many had the safety of themselves and the people they loved at stake and did what they needed to do to survive.
SyriusFerreal 2 years ago 3
't you get it?!!!! If they did it on a "fake set",that would cheapen their sacrifice even more!! These young men DIED,for Christ's sake!!! Bush refused to allow pictures of the returning dead from Afghanistan and Iraq.. War is killing...killing is brutal stuff! This puts the tally in concrete and horrific terms!!
sliderbum 2 years ago 2
We agree on a lot, but I think filming a video and using their gravesites as a set for a music video is disrespectful. I think the imagery is what is powerful, not the legitimate location -- they could have done it apart from the actual cemetery.
forkhead 2 years ago
Sanitized war? Sounds like a whitewash to me!
sliderbum 2 years ago
Wow, I love the song, and video, but you really made me rethink this, you and forkhead are turning me.
stinkindutchman 2 years ago
cool song :)
darkmachete 2 years ago
"No more war! " and "Protect nature!" Peter is sing! I think so!
yutaro2009 2 years ago
I will remember, else we are doomed to repeat the past.
workn4evr 2 years ago
This song is not about our war. Its about WWI Galipolli.
tonyhul 2 years ago
be care the wind get to blow, must to remember. it's a mean to understand how drive our way, another time, another rules, sames madness.
LoicPoitevin 2 years ago
Midnight Oil is highly political but none of the past comments have been about Midnight Oil.
nitrophoenix300 2 years ago
i dont care if bush went looking for oil, nobody can tell me the world is a better place with taliban running around free willy
23FLIPPY23 2 years ago 4
Thanks old pop-ww1 and dad ww 2-These will not be forgotten years!! R.I.P. old soldiers...
ourvic 2 years ago 3
Typical liberal cool-aid. Try getting your news from reputal sources rather than CNN and MSNBC. Look, we all know that President Bush seized the opportunity to get rid of Sadaam, but he did this based on information from the intelligence agencies. Unlike most of you, I served in the military and understand that diplomacy works in tandem with military strength. This is nothing new. As long as evil exists, someone has to to have the fortitude to fight against it. You can't rationalize with hate.
acrprmann 2 years ago 2
And we all know how accurate that intellegence was, don't we. I don't hate the soldiers who fought there (my cousin was one), but just the people who sent them there at the behest of the oil industry.
If it was to really get rid of a despot, why don't they invade half of Africa? Oh that's right, there's no oil there!
gaz170 2 years ago
Not going to say Bush was in the wrong, but nor am I going to say he was totally in the right either.
War is an extension of politics, no more and no less. Flawed intelligence or not, there were other reasons for going in there and the only one who knows them all is Bush.
Anyone who claim that we /only/ went for the oil is looking for a reason to bash the presidency irregardless of the truth.
Was it a strong reason? yes. Was it the only reason, HELL NO.
Stop pretending that it is.
whiskeyfur 2 years ago 2
You STILL believe we went in Iraq for Sadaam? Gz... what reputable source of news are you guys being fed in the military, FOX NEWS? Wake up and smell the coffee. Look, no one blames the military. So no need to help Bush justify the war. You are simply a tool that follows orders from the politicians. Your own thinking is never needed (and apparently never practiced either).
turr520 2 years ago 2
Hey turd, The 18 United Nations resolutions Iraq broke were the reasons to go to war, oh, and FREEDOM to 25 million Iraqi people. One less tyrant to deal with later. Or we can follow the Jimmy Carter/Obama appeasement route with Iran AND THEIR desire for the bomb.
Read SOME history and learn.
ddthorny 2 years ago
are you talking about the same type of resolutions that we vote against when isreal is on the chopping block. damn, talk about humans rights violations. i agree, you should read some history like when we turned a blind eye to east timor in kissenger and fords time. and you might wanna know that carter facilitated a peace treaty with isreal , egypt and jordan in '79. see-> multinational force and observers. peace has never been broken once in 30 years. in fact that treaty cost sadat his life.
Specter00013 2 years ago
oil oil oil baby, no oil and nobody would give a crap what Sadass was up too... freedom my ass.... is that what you REALLY think happened? hmmm.....Nooooo
Trafa522 2 years ago
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi
ieatpeas24 2 years ago
Seen all the comments below...are we all forgetting the theme of the song...Old pop was gassed on the Somme, much better than his 17year old bro who is still registered as missing from 1918...Brave aussies who knew no better than to be bullied by pollies.and spin.
ourvic 2 years ago 6
And we won't come back 'til it is over, over there. For all the Americans, Anzacs, Indians, Africans, Canadians and others that went to Europe in either of the two wars and never came back.
To my Great Uncle Joe who died at the Bulge, December 1944 with the 106th US Infantry.
vikingkeith 2 years ago 2
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must read this. once u have started there is no turning back. a little 10 year old girl was raped and murderded in 1945. her body was not found until 1947. then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message. the dead girl appeared in his room haunting him and killed him. if you do not copy and paste this onto 10 vidoes in 30 minutes the dead girl will apear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. well you
johanl1ndahl 2 years ago
I learned of Midnight Oil from my dad, and to this very day I am in complete agreement with their songs. They have made a stand that should have been made long before. I applaud their skill and dedication. They have inspired me, and will continue to inspire my family for as long as we all live.
nature2all 2 years ago 2
Amen to that....
drewoasis 2 years ago
great song reminds me of anzac day in sydney
blakesonda212 2 years ago 2
i remember a comment about when i was getting ready to deploy to Iraq and someone made a comment that made it to my ears about get your dead out of here they are stinking up the place.... i would still die for any of you!!!
dossman68 2 years ago
Sorry to hear that. I guess ignorant people are everywhere. What I know is that at the beginning of the war in Iraq 2003 most of my colleagues at work were supporting the invasion. And don't forget the many European countries delivering soldiers to Iraq ; the UK, Spain, Italy, Poland,...haha, I still remember the long discussions at work with the colleagues who didn't support the US. Looking back even I do have to admit Bush pushed it to far. He lied to us all, europeans and his own people.
Tomcat210 2 years ago
I'm from Texas... And sorry to say that Bush is living in my city now. He stank up my country and the entire world and is now hiding in a rich, gated community. I just pray that the first ever terrorist nuclear bomb to be denoated on US soil isn't coming here because of him... :(
turr520 2 years ago
Thank you for finally saying that! Someone needed to. Jeez.
nature2all 2 years ago
Spetacular!
dionisiosnake 2 years ago
Canción que debe recordarnos a la gente que murió por la libertad del hombre. Nadie tiene derecho a pensar de que país viene, cuando la libertad del hombre se ve amenazada y solo debe pensar en el bienestar de su semejante sin importar color, credo ni nacionalidad.
Fue la lucha para preservar la libertad y la paz no importando naciones.
giromad 2 years ago
Canadians remember what the Australians did. Defend mother England. Both along way from home and never returned.
biko0909 2 years ago 2
Totally.
equinoxecinq 2 years ago
Didn´t know the guy from "The hills have eyes" had a band.
saznip 2 years ago
How dare you. Peter Garrett isnt Inbred?
RattlesnakePoison 2 years ago
Never knew the guy from "The hills have eyes" had a band.
saznip 2 years ago
I wonder why Midnight Oil never really cought on in the USA...
xkissiemex 2 years ago
because the oils were very anti-government. That's the whole reason why Peter went into politics, to try and change the world. Pretty much. But that never happened. Now hes just a sell-out and, he hasnt done anything while he has been in politics either.
RattlesnakePoison 2 years ago
easy for you to say
what have you ever done to change anything?
have you ANY IDEA of how hard it is to change the status quo?
go on, get off that bloody fence and do something!
tianuria 2 years ago
Yes, I do, actually. But it seems as if he hasnt even tried. I know he probably has. But when you're in government, you gotta toe the party line, and if you cross the floor, and stand for whats truely right, you will get the sack. I understand that it's hard, but its been what... 2 years and a bit? 2 Years and what has he done, other than give speeches, and little things. I honestly think he was making more of a difference when he was in music.
RattlesnakePoison 2 years ago
I'm just getting into the Oil now. My friend and I sing acoustic tunes and we do "Blue Sky Mine" and "The Dark Heart." Their stuff is great!
stmonday02 2 years ago 2
good!!
capenga123321 2 years ago
Those are American crosses, men buried in Europe for European freedom. Yet you hate us. WTF
tommybravo500 2 years ago
Not liberty but peace. =p
Angenoir34 2 years ago
The greater majority of Europeans do recognise the USA as our liberators and friends and very much like Americans. Only a minority doesn't. But they are just not smart enough to understand
Tomcat210 2 years ago
VIVA La France!!! Je Tiem France Et Belgium Merci TRES
dossman68 2 years ago
I don't hate Americans in general, just one in particular. Glad to see the back of George W Bush.
gaz170 2 years ago 3
i think its the military cemetary of Verdun (France)
jouliusss 2 years ago
best song he remembering the people that fought for the land that you live now
smithead888 2 years ago
i think phoetus is spelled like this ;)
Dirkdezoveelste 2 years ago
nah it's spelled either "fetus" or "foetus" depending on where you're from
lilkenobi 2 years ago
I think it's spelled phfeeeeeetos
bootrous 2 years ago
Deadset we have the best songs about war:
-Forgotten Years
-I was only 19
-Khe Sanh
-And the band played Waltzing Matila
I love these kinda songs
hardnthefukupstraya 2 years ago
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Peter, you traitor. You were this big greenie and against the major parties. Now you're one of them. Shame on you son.
dieselzaraozzie 2 years ago
mate you are a dipshit! how is he suppose to make a positivie change in a party such as the green's? Wouldnt he better served in a party that has more power such as the labor goverment?
MickChapman1986 2 years ago
Would you like a tissue princess ?? make a positive change in the Labor party, lol. Thanks for the laugh fella.
dieselzaraozzie 2 years ago
ok dipshit, what polcies have been successful implemented thanks to the greens hmmmm, None! Now how many policies have been made by labor, you do the maths and figure out where he has more chance to change things! Dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MickChapman1986 2 years ago 2
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Have a cry princess. I don't support the Greens. Harden up or shall i send you a box of Kleenex ?
dieselzaraozzie 2 years ago
You're really being an arse, diesel!!
bezebelle 2 years ago
well i assumed diesel was implying that, because garrett has to tow the party line, he's not really able to bring about changes.
then again maybe he/she was just fishing for an argument, i don't know :P
lilkenobi 2 years ago
Well i really dont see how you could possible make a signifanct change to the environment unless you are in a political party. He is making more difference now than ever before!
MickChapman1986 2 years ago
by uniting people behind a cause, activism, putting pressure on the major parties to implement policies, etc.
theoretically he'd be making more difference and i believe that's why he went into politics; to change things from the inside. but he also seems to have changed some of his long standing views since joining labor, or softened them at least, and i think that has left a lot of people disillusioned as to who is changing whom.
lilkenobi 2 years ago
Midnight Oil sung songs that had meaning and put a message across which makes them aussie icons
sassedog16 2 years ago 3
NO THER NOT THERE FROM PLANNET ZOOBAH
dazleam 2 years ago
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Lol yeah, beds are burning is the worst song maybe ever... Midnight Oil have another good one called US Forces
habibi1213 2 years ago
Peter Garret is the Minister of the Environment for Austrailia...Really! Midnight Oil is Australian
RobertLX017 2 years ago 6
you guys are idiots there chinese no there brazillian your all wrong !! there australian you idiots get it right !
jordanbob93 2 years ago 3
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these guys arnt chinese there brazilian
redwingduck 2 years ago
haha, thats funny. i hope you are joking
birdie013 2 years ago
a very nice song!, these guys can make some good music.... how did they create that abomination called - burning beds? or what ever it's called.... i hate that song
KoRnDuDe19883 2 years ago
peter is just another pupet
buggylrp 2 years ago
there not chinese
23FLIPPY23 2 years ago
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Midnight Oil are Chinese - They are from the North of China - bordering with Russia that is where Peter Garrett learned his Commie leanings
ArtIsNotForSale 2 years ago
lest we forget R.I.P
rustyrooster1 2 years ago 2
best chinese band ever
sickassguitarist 2 years ago
boy i hope thats a joke
boardrider158 2 years ago
get fucked
23FLIPPY23 2 years ago
err....chinese......yer.
please tell me you were sleep-typing.
gupsnot 2 years ago
they're, Australians from down under, Duuude! ;-)
SH1974 2 years ago 3
Thanks for this ngenet!
starrymarg 3 years ago
cant beat the aussie spirit
23FLIPPY23 3 years ago
this guy was the best singer but the worst polition
100bennyboi001 3 years ago
Why is that?
Mediterraneanblue9 2 years ago
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Go the OILS...garrett should not have become a political leader a big mistake..Reunite the OILS & tour Aust & NZ
jo25182518 3 years ago
R.I.P Aussie (live) music
Muffinrider 3 years ago
was this video made in the US or down under?
lynnspil 3 years ago
France, actually. Read the description. Just a suggestion.
KungFuOz 3 years ago
weapon song :)
roajak 3 years ago 2
great song, number one hits all
deepwise 3 years ago 2
...& fuel their planes that bombed hundreds of cities & killed innocent civilians...But yet we all get overwhelmed by the emotion of horrible events like that & forget why or how they actually eventuated. to lazy to actually research the "FACTS" of which u think u know but u dont. you sit there like every other sheep assuming that the media tell u the truth & your president or PM r honest and are looking out for ur interests..dont be so nieve...how many times must history repeat before u learn??
figs1984 3 years ago 3
"A" friggen men
MrSteveUtah 3 years ago
Before pearl harbour hardly 1/8th of the US population wanted to go to war...after the event nearly the whole population wanted war...so dont tell me the "entire world" wanted that war...thats bullshit mate, just like the wars before it and after it and today...they're all instigated to benefit the pockets of those few men...
And dont say the nazis were the only ones to blame, not when you had a US based company helping them create chemicals to execute millions of jews, and POW's..
figs1984 3 years ago 6
because of this the Japan reacted in retaliation...worse still talks between roosevelt and churchill are even more damning. Roosevelt asked Chruchill what it would take to get Japan to instigate war on US soil...and Churchill suggested to the US break the act of neutrality and hence cut shipping of supplies. Why? so they could enter the war...because nothing props up an economy like unrestrictive warfare...just as it does today.
figs1984 3 years ago
Oh by the way did you know that during WW2 that John D. Rockefeller's United States-based Standard Oil Co. supplied I.G. Farben - a german chemical company with supplies to create chemicals & petrol which fuelled the nazis bombers etc & chemicals during the holocaust?? Also did u know that the reason pearl harbour was bombed was actually due to aggravated supply shipment restrictions that the US initated..basically cutting their trade w' Japan on purpose so as to create an embargo (act of war).
figs1984 3 years ago
On a different note, its weird to think they are dancing on someones grave...
jussi01 3 years ago
AUSTRALIA RULES.... :)
roajak 3 years ago 4
dude rankcon im confused on the whole jewish converts acquiring palestine thing. 1. I think the name is Israel and 2. converts????
greypoopon1 3 years ago
I've always had a strong interest in WWI. It's really the foundation of where we are today. The rise of the USSR/Russia. The ascent of America. The Jewish converts acquiring Palestine. Certainly the foundation of where we are today and the prelude to the end. If you look at the technological leap between 1915 and 1965, a mere 50 years, it is massive. Nuclear weapons, Jet aircraft, space travel. Makes you wonder if there is not someone....or something moving behind the scenes.
rankcon 3 years ago
aliens
mimi2957 3 years ago
lol they're dancing on peoples graves
wasted6 3 years ago
atleast its not peoples beds
australia2233 3 years ago
where did your passion go peter garret?????????
cathiiannii 3 years ago
Dont get me wrong, remember those who fought wars..and pay respects, but we should never have fought in the interests of a few men...just as we shouldnt today...remember wars solve nothing..all they do is allow certain individuals to profit from the money made in war and allow governments to put into place security acts to strip us of our freedoms.
figs1984 3 years ago
A few men? The entire world you mean, if hitler came into power fully, then the world would be an entirely different place. We fought to save billions of people, so get your facts right
ahmanitsfull 3 years ago
I never mentioned Hitler in anything i said, my point wasnt about hitler, and i did say (and i quote) - "remember those who fought wars..and pay respects" Yes they did fight for us against the nazis...im not saying that our men didnt fight for us. My statement was that war should never eventuate to begin with...
I have my facts straight mate, when i say "a few men" im talking about those with hidden agendas..the ones who start wars...the ones who benefit from the profit wars create...
figs1984 3 years ago
never forget the Fallen.
earthshe 3 years ago
Let remember all who have given all, We are so lucky thanks to them! Life is Good!
jamesleeland1 3 years ago 5
And people are still being sent of to fight foreign wars that have nothing to do with us.
antomphs 3 years ago
Tive o privilégio de assistir um show da banda em 1997 no Olimpia em São Paulo... Excelente banda... o melhor show que pude ver até hoje... São excelentes... SAVE THE PEOPLE THAT LIKE MIDNIGHT OIL and their cause!!!!
coltsantos1973 3 years ago 2
Thanks for making the lyrics available. Powerful video and lyrics.
paulsak59 3 years ago 2
... Beautiful ...
marcozanzadj 3 years ago 2
muy buena cancion
102166000 3 years ago
great song and video. thanks for posting it.
just one thing, it's "seasons of war and grace" and not "war and peace".
rafahhhhhh 3 years ago
Great great band and great message ,mr garret talks it and walks it!!
damodamone 3 years ago 2
Still sound as good as when I first heard it and definitely by far better than most stuff that come out these days!
realymail 3 years ago 2
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the song is what reeks of politics. go ahead -send me a whiny message
KSCrosby 3 years ago
Midnight Oil Rocks. One of the great bands from the 90s.
samspennell 3 years ago
80's
youngsmiles 3 years ago
This is a total classic!!! "It reaks of politics!!!!" God Bless Midnight Oil!!! Thanks for sharing this song!!!
am2boni 3 years ago 4
It's been a long time since I heard this song for the last time. It's really great and it sends a message.
hellasatt 3 years ago 3
now thats a ture Australian band
roajak 3 years ago 4
Makes me think of the lives wasted for the "glory" of the motherland. Especially when they do not reciprocate.
b0b0maj0 3 years ago 2
These shall not be forgotten years...
JackFunk 3 years ago
This song always chokes me up. I listen to it every "Memorial Day" (or "Rememberance Day" or "Armistace Day" or whatever your country calls the day they honor their war dead).
The amount of respect this song has for the honored war dead is rare.
philbiker3 3 years ago 3
nice to know that you are an irish american BUT THESE BLOKES ARE AUSTRAILIAN so where is the anaolgy?
lynnspil 3 years ago 2
this brings me back to 1990 when i was but 12....gotta say...still a great band (and album) after all these years...from an American of Irish descent....
Cant wait to find King Of the Mountain after this!!!!
TBro278 3 years ago
Best Band Ever !
ricky5538 3 years ago
I agree with bellapanhead and ngfxoxo ... I was able to see this incredible band live in my hometown and was so incredibly moved. A band with something to say. I wish more Amwerican bands were like them!!! Go Oils!!!!
shingaki777 3 years ago 3
Peter, you were elected to govern, what have you achieved?
EarlGreyIII 3 years ago
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stop the hate ;( be nice 2 each other
u should totally msg me back! my contact info is in my profile. e0
04594 3 years ago
Libertate.
Open your eyes people.
ilavvv 3 years ago 2
Midnight oil is such an incredible band. If only the United States government listened to them more often.
darkmachete 3 years ago 3
This band is awsome, but the USA wont let this kind of music be on the air,because of the lyrics..you know what they say...; TRUE HURTS...
surqui 3 years ago
Um, US radio stations DID play this song when it came out many years ago--Midnight Oil was pretty popular in the early 90s and their songs were in constant rotation on American radio.
mylarboxers 3 years ago 3