Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

[TONYM1966]

What am i doing here !!!

[gavinp72]

THIS SONG IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO UTTERLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

[mau1972a]

es de 1988 no de 1997 ... ¿?

[jordan390a]

This song should be re-released for today.....Beds ARE burning everywhere...

[ShastaOrange]

@chemical0romance Australia has a whole government department just for sex ed?

[chemical0romance]

the singer, aka THE MINISTER OF FUCKING EDUCATION FOR AUSTRALIA

i love my country *cough cough*

[rrrjjjmmm100]

this dickhead dances like Beavis & Butthead

[sukronPT]

Ive listened this in Radio Comercial, Portugal.

[012345678920853]

Go Midnight oil!!!!!!!

[kikabiotch]

thumbs up if u want to keep on stealing land, pillaging, raping little kids, spreading around diesease

[AerosWild]

Needs more cowbell......

[BerryVamp]

Marvellous Midnite Muzik!

[SuperNova471]

good song, great dance moves

[MrSalous]

Great song, but really, who cares about the abos?

[1971Pocho]

Asombroso

[JkNone]

0:00 i was eating a bread

4:37 i was still eating the bread cuz im a slow eater

[pepe6666]

@JkNone loooooooooooooooooooooool

[TJfusk]

Heard this song at Hard Rock Cafe yesterday. I'd been wondering for years what the name of the song was lol

[VYQXN]

I haven't ever forgotten this amazing band. It's funny looking back, when some kids at school thought this was a goth band. I'm guessing because Peter's vocals are so eccentric and deep. But this was at a time when pop-metal/hair bands that screamed in hi-pitched voices ruled the charts, so Midnight Oil used to really creep some people out, cause they were kind of an opposite to say the least and I loved it. But besides memory lane, I really appreciated the lyrics and message of their music. <3

[latviancimmerian]

ok so the song kicks so much ass, but what exactly is it about.

[MsAussielass]

@latviancimmerian It is about several things: big money, big corporations and their decimation of the land. War, poverty, injustice. In Australia, they refer to the injustices done by the White man did to our Aborigines. The point they make is that while terrible things happen in our world, we knowingly continue our normal lives like nothing is happening.

[tri400]

@latviancimmerian aboriginals

[highball1963]

thanks i love this song and one of these days the rent will be paid

[GuppyPal]

That aboriginal girl is hot!

[1950boots]

Beautiful People!

[srkletnik]

VH1 :)

[lilbromarky1]

cowbell madness.

[MrVinnie1981]

The 80's rock!!!!!!

[kansascitycomputers]

this song is from the 80s not 1997..I bought the album in 1988

[dotSp0T]

@kansascitycomputers and who says it's from 1997?

The description only says copyright is 1997 ..

[eagled96]

why does it state above "(C) 1997 Midnight Oil"? this track was from 1989. great tune tho!

[MissFreakize2]

His dancing is awesome!

[bohemian4all]

Fuck Vevo. We ought to be boycotting this shit.

[mrsolofeo]

Peter Garrett is one of those guys who knocks out two or three people whenever he's on the dance floor.

[looloorex]

I love how he bops his head....I di it right along with him...LOL

[Telly187]

The force of gravity makes it so we dont feel the earth rotating, Im just saying, but yeah beds burning are no joke

[Navdan87]

Love this song-STILL!!

[serginho294]

sonsera, bons tempos,,

[FrancoSierraVJ]

I watched the video yesterday on Vh1, and I couldn't stop singing that chorus, so I came here...

[realbelieber1998]

Oh, its already 2012 and im still listening 2 this.

[weirdguy75]

I heard this on the radio the other day and at first I thought it the guys that wrote that 80's song love shack by how the lead singer sounds.

[MrTomclarks]

As a KIWI i love this song! reminds me of the league tests between the DIEHARD AUSSIES and the KIWIS to do battle on the footy feild. love it.

[supersabrejet]

I love all in this video, but at 1:00 the dog looks so mad and serius, its like a mad max 2 movie when the dog sees the rabbit but does nothing , just keep the piece of wood in its mouth.

[pogsboo]

Thumbs Up if you think the song is right?????As its there land and We took it....

[freshkryp69]

@pogsboo TYRANNY IS RAMPANT DOWN UNDER!!! ALL PIGS ARE THE SAME!! SWINE FUCKERS CAN GO TO HELL!!!

[firefieldmpt]

GREAT SONG, BG

[5555568351]

best song ever for me x

[havenasp]

Thumbs up if you think WMG blows ass

[madcapdouchebag]

I have always heard this to be about respecting the ancestral land-rights of the Aborigines by supporting a ban on developing outside of areas previously settled.

[dreganism]

@madcapdouchebag Madcap, thanks for rare intelligent contribution :-) Great song; I loved this song even though it was the sound track to my most painful break-up as a young man.

[madcapdouchebag]

@dreganism It was part of my company commander's soundtrack during my failed stint at boot camp in the Navy. He would drill us to it.

[merliahsummers10]

he came to my school once.... wierd that he is now into political business

[ericmusik37]

Yes !!! Good song !!!

[joao94vieira]

you know that feeling when you are looking for a song for like 2 years, and you find it because of some random thing? Yeah, just happen to me!

[argentoyque]

@joao94vieira suerte pura suerte

[unhygenix32]

@joao94vieira

Hate to admit it but happened to me. It was the song they sang at the end of the film Babe. LOL

[00jdllorlt]

@joao94vieira Same here

[02fastaudis4]

@joao94vieira its like finding that $100 bill you put away and seemed to have forgotten about it! lol

[johazin100]

@joao94vieira me lo dices ami que pase por algo parecido

[erilinkin]

@joao94vieira it happen the same to me ! finally i fount it after many time

[delins6]

@joao94vieira i heard it today in the radio at work on the, öhhm, how can i say... on the builing-place (on german baustelle), 2 minutes ago i search on google for "song time burning" and tadaaaaaaaaaaa! nice song.

[mrshadow0121]

sa

[checo6804]

wonderfull ,I LOVE SERGIO

YOUR MARRY.

[divisorplot]

Poor Uncle Fester from arizona, The Adams Family.

[noxgenus]

this track so sucks...

[blanchefful]

OMG take me back to summer 1988, my last care-free year of my late childhood; I was 12. Fun at Gramma's house in Southern California, Disneyland, fun in the sun, camping on the coast, horseback riding, new baby kittens, hanging out with friends... One of the coolest summers ever! No worries about bills, weight, money, etc. This is one of the songs that totally reminds me of that summer.

[Canucks19702012]

This is such a stupid song. But I love it because it's so catchy

[pleasecallmedoctor]

@Canucks19702012 you clearly have no idea what it is about. stfu.

[HyperHorse]

@Canucks19702012

Congratulations. You're stupid AND lazy.

[1larsiboy]

when i'm not in mood, i like to see the dancing <3

[adelis1985]

In North America, we only know them for this song, but they do have alot of awesome songs.

[dedawen]

@adelis1985 That's not necessarily true. This was their biggest hit but they still had several songs on rotation...Blue Sky Mine is my 2nd favorite by them, running very close to this tune.

[utuberevlimitracing]

oh frig yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­11

[mick40jb]

this song still rocks after 20+ years.....

[PineShrub420]

They're singing about trying not to burn up your Sealy or you will have to sleep on the floor if you do.

[Rosvolainen]

@PineShrub420 No dude, their beds are on fire. Didn't you listen? ;)

[PineShrub420]

@Rosvolainen Yeah I know. I was just trying to be funny.Beds are burning is a figure of speech,Not in the literal sense. It means how can you sleep with something bad on your conscious.

[Rosvolainen]

@PineShrub420 You're probably right though. It probably has a deeper meaning that beds on fire. I was joking too. :)

[PineShrub420]

@Rosvolainen Yeah kinda like the saying don't burn your bridges behind you. It's difficult to burn concrete. :)

[cpo2u]

They're singing about paying reparations or rent to the native americans, right?

[ogastasii]

@cpo2u This is Australia,dude-aboriginals.

[cpo2u]

@ogastasii Seriously, that was my VERY next guess.

[andymac6263]

@cpo2u thick twat

[cpo2u]

Lead singer epileptic fit at 1:45

[argenturco2608]

1997 or 1987??

[mikekaraoke]

@argenturco2608 89 in uk, and 88 in other countries

[liquorishtongue]

NINE TEEN EIGHTY SEVEN 10 years difference, NOT A BIG DEAL

[skate2274]

if no one gets the meaning of this it sucks to be poor!!

[skate2274]

good day mate

[TheNightyue]

In 1997 I was 10 years old. I remember like it was yesterday, watching MTV and playing this music. Good times!!!

[TheNightyue]

Epic dance 1:46

[szabilove]

Why the hell is the beginning remind me of Once upon a time in the west T_T

[moosey62]

This song fucking blew me away in 1983

I was stoned walking back to the campsite in Atiparos, Greece.

It was blowing out from the disco over the fields.

I was 20 years old.

Still not forgot hey.

[LoricCacani]

The time has come

To say fair's fair

To pay the rent

To pay our share

The time has come

A fact's a fact

IT BELONGS TO THEM

Let's give it back

KOSOVO ALBANIANS SHOULD SING THOSE LYRICS!

[gabonja1]

jebote bog kako mi dobro funkcijonira novi lap

[Sharlie909]

@gabonja1 to kralju...



[laanimirk]

Freddy Krueger before his accident?

[Sharlie909]

@laanimirk ;]

[SuperElvator]

1:46 wtf?



[DonoKoshou]

PITBULL SUCKS !!!

[tmcontrols]

peter garrett the enviromentle cursader,wow he had everyone fouled including me,what a differance a government job can do,you have roll over or should i say bent over and dust off all that so call integrity,you should now write songs with more appropiate headings like i sold it to the japs,or blue sky china,what does everybody else recon

[romanticgeek87]

183 people spilled midnight oil on their beds and struck a match..... didn't appreciate the irony.

[rockinwiesel]

Love Love Love <3<3<3

[TheNid125]

This song is much better than Justin Bieber's

[Kaldhore]

@TheNid125 Justin Bieber?? wtf why even mention him?

[TheFuriousDuane]

remember the days when midnight oil stood up for those little people, then they peter garret sold out and became a deaf mute politician

[duanewilkins]

@TheFuriousDuane ?? wtf? prefer he did nowt?

[hofifut]

Check out "Diamond Sun" by Glass Tiger. Another great song

[vandboeffel]

I like the intro-cover from "Once upon a time in the west" (Leone/Morricone)

[rn4state]

Love this song and the message.I see it hit home for many.Refuse to be ignorant-coasttocoastam*com

[MrCaliche999]

jejeje... que buena canción. Lastima que se quedaron con solo este exito.

[Kintaro316]

Wow, cause Peter Garret and Woody Harrelson look a lot alike

[yosoy6811]

LO MAXIMOOOOOOO HACE TIEMPO NO ESCUCHABA ESTA CANCION PERO ME KEDE SORPRENDIDA ME LOS IMAGINABA COMO THE CURE TODOS OSCUROS CON TRAJES NEGROS

[racepace1977]

It looks like Woody was playing in the dirt.....

[RENDON1965]

mágico y nada más

[firstlourenco]

Very good! Midnight Oil is amazing and Australia is a wonderful country. Greetings from Latin America (Brazil).

[shakespeare4bears]

Thumbs up if you will never buy anything from vevo

[paulhickinson]

And BTW vevo this shit came out in 87, 88 i think!! Get it right you corporate whores.

[jeleuri]

MORE COWBELL!

[paulhickinson]

@jeleuri you should tell them that when you find out where they went???

[YBR]

now I know what John Druitt (from The Sanctuary) was doing back in 1997! he was the vocalist of Midnight Oil.

[rustynail2561]

Dudes voice is fucked up.Love it.Brings back great memories ;)

[madnay1]

esta exelente el video saludes desde el salvador

[Syzygy60]

I say that freely for I have been known to partkae in thy hypocratic oath :)

[Syzygy60]

u r hypocrits

[Syzygy60]

she knows she's the prettiest girl in the village and u idiots stick a camera in her face!

[Syzygy60]

I like watching pretty girls dance

[4YOURSMILE]

When an artist cares as much as this one does it makes a difference. The best thing to do is not give money to politicions but to just live a greener life. If we all just did a little it makes a huge difference. Plus it is just a great song!

[Syzygy60]

I hear the music not the propaganda

[Syzygy60]

I agree propaganda communists want us to feel guilty for destroying the planet then we will feel obligated to give politicians all our money so they can fix it

[Syzygy60]

this is a once in a lifetime song

[BECKY012766]

Way tooo Earth First for me,thank God i,m not brainwashed!

[Mrprincipito1000]

i remenber this song,, when i was 15, in lima peru, .still stuck on my head.......!!!.viva australia!!!

[FooFigther44]

a very actual song. HOW CAN WE DANCE WHILE THE EARTH IS TURNING ? do you know what i mean ?

[thesteveus]

@FooFigther44

Nope

[JaZaVaTz]

@FooFigther44 Yep, back then song lyrics actually had sense :D

[animascat]

@FooFigther44 not really. please explain.

[pogsboo]

This land belongs to the true people,,,,I want to give it back....

[Shippo1883]

179 people are morons who don't know good music if it bit them on the ass lol

[TheLuftiguz]

O how I wish to be down under!

[kingocto]

Holy crap, I didn't know woody harrelson was the singer of midnight oil!!

[Ramrod69able]

@kingocto to funny

[Naik931211]

@kingocto actually Peter Garrett is the singer

[cpo2u]

@kingocto I KNOW, RIGHT????

[Rosvolainen]

@kingocto There's a lot of things about Woody Harrelson you might not know. Just the other day I learned he was an actor!

[ripleyscat]

So this is what happens when you cross Pluto with Richard O'Brien. Beds Burning would be the least of your worries

[zannyzoop]

When people ask me my opinion on celebrating Australia Day,I play them this song. It's fantastic and hopefully the words hit home.

[crystallite291]

kool

[ricardomichel100]

muitos verãoes na record

[skrutta00]

Yeah here we go again,never a bad time for listen to tihi song!!!!

[p777joco]

day by day more and more timely

[sucraman2]

Great song, great message. Too bad Peter became the person he despised..

[crasichineseboi]

@sucraman2 what do you mean? he is still liberal leaning with his views

[sucraman2]

@crasichineseboi fine, let him lean left, I guess by leaning left it makes like he is left...? Whatever, there is a fine line these days, esp in politics. I don't like some choices he made.

[crasichineseboi]

@sucraman2 yea, he's basically become a career politician - stuck by party lines

[v0idX]

nooooow i know who taught Elaine Benes how to dance.

[jenny234ism]

Peter Garrett = biggest hypocrite in Australian history.

[Skulldetta]

@jenny234ism Next time better spam anywhere else.

[jenny234ism]

@Skulldetta No, I'd rather here, thanks all the s same. Garrett is a hypocritical manslaughterer.

[MrChargerlover]

Good song

New music is shit.70's and 80's are best 4 ever

sorry for ruining music guy's just a 12 year old with a good sence of music :D

[jayci68]

Girl at 3:45 is TOO cute!

[sugarmagnolia787]

If Voldemort had a tan and a nose...he would be the lead singer of Midnight Oil

[semkobenko]

WHO'S ASSHOLE AM I TALKING TO NOW?

[bad4365]

hows about fk off' read history or l live it?

[XxCraZziiBrAyxX]

Holy Jesus.. Too many Suggestions to Choose from!!

[ricksantorumisgay]

RICK SANTORUM LIKE TO HAVE SEXXX WITH TEEN BOYS

[lunagroove]

This was my favorite song from the 80s, and Peter Garrett is the real deal. Yeah, he not might be perfect but he is an activist...how many 80s bands went beyond "we are the people" to try and initiate actual change? Most left it at the song, not Peter.