Midnight Oil - Best Of Both Worlds (1984)

[xAPxZiggy]

I he saying the wallet could have been or the warhead could have been ?

[KG84C]

1.15 FN FAL rifle?

[KG84C]

Bushkid019 = ignorant twat, knobend

[Tubernaut]

If you don't feel chills after listening to this song then something is wrong.

[explodingchook]

You bet!

[Mudgrove]

Get up, Garret!!!!

This and Wedding Cake Island, and Hercules are the Oils Best Moments!!!!

[Tubernaut]

Hercules is one powerful track.

[smellyjonnie]

I have always loved this album when I first herd it 20 some years ago I could see the mighty mighty bosstones doing a cover of this song

[ajaoz1]

Just top rock served straight up; bloody fantastic!

[tafferette]

Currently playing this song to death, this song is timeless.

[MrPittsbrother]

Got the cold chills listening to this and watching the clip. A good example of musical power minus the heavymetal pretence.

[Adzee13]

Yes !

[metalord57]

is this the original song

[nzoz1984]

yes it's the original song... i don't know if there's been any other version but this one. I can assure you, this is the original.

[d00m8r1ng3r]

Two words: Hannah Montana. She co-opted the title of this song for some meaningless commercial bullshit.

[RattlesnakePoison]

Too right.

Every time I go to search for the oils, it comes up with some Miley Cirus crap.

[capuc71]

great song

[misterdecibel]

For you doubters, check out the live cuts of this song from their Australian reunion performances earlier this decade. There's no doubt this is a rocking song from a rocking band, but recording quality on the "Red Sails" album was dreadful. They made up for it in their live set.

Best band of the last 30 years.

[dvscorp]

I disagree - as a school kid at the time, I loved the production values or Red Sails & 10-1. Species was an excellenty recording too. Nick Launey did a great job, it was Warne Livesley who mamed their recording sound with Blue Sky Mining.

[Bushkid019]

this is fuck'n pathetic. what a loser! no talent in that particular song at all what a cock smoker!

[nzoz1984]

Oh shut up and fuck off you attention seeker.

[tougenokaibutsu]

tmy troll sensors are tingling

[davidkammy]

Bushkid019, Such harsh comments.....why? Do not be so ignorant regardless of you musical tastes? Obviously this song got to you emotionally, hence why you made such a stupid comment. Has the world changed in 25 years since it was released?

[smellyjonnie]

I could see this song being redone a bit faster with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones covering it

[ruklinato]

J'adore...j'ai vu leur show 3 fois a Montreal, Québec.

[fossie32]

Great clip for one of their best. Like the red spots on the guitars and drums - appropriate asthey were HOT in this toon!

[hardrevs]

thanx for posting this up....

[fuzzyargy]

Oh and not to mention people this is one of Australia's first aussie punk bands to make it big time and go mainstream. Anyone that likes this music should go buy the very first self titled album Midnight Oil to see where it all began.

[fuzzyargy]

Yeh man its funny what the corporate life of Real Life politics will do to one self when in the spotlight of actually being a politician. Guess its not really his fault, just shows you how it does corrupt.

[affema]

Love this vocalist. He is like Ted Danson with alopecia.

[nzoz1984]

ha ha ha

now we have to put up with this vocalist in our government, doing backflips and seemingly ignoring all the morals he preeched in his Midnight Oil days. Sell out is a word they often use to describe him these days.

LOL@Ted Danson with alopecia remark.

[woohooyeeha]

I've heard this criticism of Peter Garrett a lot but would like to point out that he is a member of the Labor Party and not an independent. He can't just do what he thinks is best.

[Bushkid019]

this is appalling...

[woohooyeeha]

What part are you appalled at? A member of a political party can't act independently of the organisation he represents, the fact Garrett is a member of a political party, the song itself, my comment, your You Tube moniker, or what?!!

[Bushkid019]

no i'm just appalled at this song, i think this song is pathetic and he has no talent whatsoever. and he is a fuck'n goose i can't take him seriously!

[andrellsv]

Bushkid019,if this song is pathetic, you gotta go back to your iPod full of Soulja Boy tracks and leave us alove watching some real music on YT

LOL

[JamesBaller909]

Powerful song. Very relevant then, very relevant now.

[JohnZackarias]

You get the best of both worls!

Chill it out, take it slow, and you'll rock out the show!

[mooplehead5]

lol...........dont make me hurt u!

[JohnZackarias]

In some way you're just like all your friends....But on stage you're a star!

[DefLepLvr1]

I always loved Midnight Oil...Awesome energy and talent! Thanks for posting this one...

[bluejeckett]

Yeah Rock that was a concert they put on for Triple J (which was only double j at the time) called Oil on the Water. I remember when I first heard this song, I was dancing totally spastic round the room. The energy of the crashing down guitars and the twisted chords is just awesome. There's just never been any other band which has combined political messages and kick arse guitar riffs so brillaintly. Oils forever.

[paulolutk]

This band had essence. Lyrics. Music. Melody. I miss it. I'd like very much to wake up one day and have the notice that they come back to play again around the world. The nowadays bands are true trashes.

MIDNIGHT OIL FOREVER!!!

[DarthHeffeD]

My all-time favorite Midnight Oil song, off my favorite album. What an incredible performance! A truly under-rated band. Their musicianship is just incredible.

[larryg271]

WITH YOU,

[Randboro]

Just an unbelievable performance by the whole band. I defy anyone to find a higher-energy, tighter studio performance anywhere, anytime.

[tobeorn0t]

Please start listening world. we are winning a walk for future friends. be the change we need to see. see our I in destiny >> "the one it could have been" OR the one it is we be bro!!

[tobeorn0t]

tough times now, tough times then,... the tough go get and the timid please think.

[68markus]

i spend my youth following the oils 15 live concerts the best aussie rock we have to date, this music will live forever.

say what you will about garrart, at least he is out there doing somthing not sitting on his arse living off history and trying to change our ways.

some send the message and think that is enough

he continues to to push the message in what ever forum he can.

[djkentuckyham]

Where great rock crashed into great art/politics. These guys rule!!!!!!

[rimian]

I was listening to this music about the time I discovered what a bong was. I've grown since then but still listen to this on a regular basis.

[ChuckSolids]

freakin nzoz again. onya bloke !

did they ever do a clip for jimmy sharmans boxers ??

[rockstralia]

Hi Chuck I am looking for that as well. Great f*kking tune! Let me know if you find it. I was never an Oils fan growing up but saw a tv show of them playing on Sydney harbour last week from 85- Wow-what power ..I am a convert now.What a great band!

[timj41]

eyes turned blacker than their skin, fookin mint track that mate,I went to one oils concert only in Christchurch NZ and jesus you could have powered the whole fu....ing town on the energy in that theatre, never seen anything like it before or since. No words mate

[koho68steve]

from canada, loved the oils, way better and more topical than u2. diesel and dust is one of the best albums ever set in vinyl. ever. period.

[TheBikeRoom]

AWESOME

[khanno01]

My favourite song on Red Sails in the Sunset is 'Who can Stand in the Way? (When there's a dollar to be made!) but I can't find it anywhere. Am I looking in the wrong place?

[Vpmatt]

Probably no video if it wasn't a single. Great song though, you're right. Red Sails is my fave Oils record. Minutes to Midnight is another great one on that album - I love the nuclear war theme of it.

[kwfkarateka]

What a bastard selling out like that.

[arseeyes]

does anyone remember a tv show (in australia) back in the 80's called beat box? the opening credits had aerial footage of rob hirst drumming on a sea side cliff top among other locations. it used to show great oz music clips from the oils, spy v spy etc. it was an awesome show. never seen or heard of it since....

[nzoz1984]

There's a few segments of Beatbox on YouTube. I hope to get hold of episodes to upload onto my australianyouthmedia account.

[arseeyes]

sweet! i found the beat box intro with rob drumming on the cliff and the building on you tube - man what memories...

[JohnA40]

shi*t, still cant get over Peter selling out :(

[H00L3y]

any one know where i can find tabs for this song? i cant any for them anywhere :(

[krazynite]

Oh Peter..where did you go??? Come back!!!

And yes, the drumming on this track is outstanding!!

[gulaschsuppm]

wennst wirklich betrunken bist stirbst für die midnight oil lieder...

[squidbedoe]

This song so completely RAWKS! I'd heard Power And The Passion and liked it, but BOBW is what made me a true Oils fan. Red Sails In The Sunset has a couple of dated-sounding tracks, but much of the album is excellent and still holds up. If you're a casual Oils fan and haven't heard Red Sails, check it out. Stand-out tracks are BOBW, Kosciuszko, and Jimmy Sharman's Boxers.

I've never seen this vid. Thanks for posting it!

[bjmob77]

rob the best drummer in the world, rip benny..

[ConE500]

Mr. Garret, what went wrong mate? Why did you have to be such a turn coat?

[nightbolts]

aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh fuck yeah!!!

[Wez666]

kick ass drumming on this track!

[mumpty]

Unrooooooooll!!! thanks for the memories.... only one oils!

[ChuckSolids]

No prizes for guessing... NZOZ again.. mate I owe you for all the flashbacks you've given me. I'll have to complete my oils collection and buy Red Sails now

[abbeyfox]

I am vindicated! I was only about 6 or 7 when this came out, but i knew there was floating hotdogs.

[fossie32]

True rock. Love the guitar in this - nice touch having the red spots over the guitars on the clip.

[kayla98]

One of Australia's ultimate bands-they rock :)