THE TIME HAS COME (Beds Are Burning) Midnight Oil

[Msdistarr]

As an American, I want to say "Don't blame all, for the actions of a few". Don't say "Americans" are fucking up the world. I didn't do it. Don't generalize. I will say, Bush couldn't have screwed up any worse if he tried. He was ignorant, dishonest and irresponsible. But Bush nor the USA own the market on those character traits. Those are shared 'Worldwide" by many other powerful men. I know, lets kick all the men out of government and give the women a shot. We couldn't do any worse.

[Booberry82]

I think there are about 3/4 of a billion people that are glad the US manhandled communism......jsut ask any 40+ year old Russian, Czech, Pole............

So STFU.......were you there?

[sygma707]

►►► EMS banned the reading of this video in playlists. Watch the video in a standalone player ►►I can't believe of THAT :D

[tigeroll]

My guess is , Bush directed the killing of around 1 million innocent victims.

[ryanshaunkelly]

United Children

Child of Iran

Parallel Prayers

Baseball Koran

[ceiderduck]

Excellent stuff.

[dij17]

Ok perrrfection so I get that americans did a lot of things to a lot of people. But how do we cause starvation? Why an apology for that? And also when you apologize for being american, do you mean an american citizen or as a caucasian?

[wolftng359]

Great song. Such a disturbing video. Go make political statements by becoming a politician and doing something about it. God bless America!!

[ceomeye]

savages

[ceomeye]

God Bless Americons......

[Thonex11]

Yep! Americans are fucking the whole world.

The time has come to pay for the deeds.

[sinkman666]

@Thonex11 America is the world

[david552]

@MelodramaticAct I think it would be good for the USA if the Congress passed Senator Sam Brownback's resolution of apology.

[MelodramaticAct]

@david552 I do agree and see what you're coming from. It's just in my eyes if my government apologized for treating the Native Americans horribly, it would be like a church in Spain coming out and apologizing to assorted groups for torturing them hundreds of years ago. What would it accomplish? Nothing. Sure everyone loves an apology, but it doesn’t make anything that happened all better again. To Mr. Brownback's apology, I do not object, but like I have said it would not accomplish anything.

[2luscious4this]

This video has done SOMETHING...that no words could of captured!!!

It's absolutely AMAZING!!! It's RAW...and profoundly POLITICAL....naked VISION!!!

[leamadea1]

you hit the nail on the head. Thank you.

[32574]

god damn !!!!! i am as american as da' fuckin' traffic on the freeways of los angeles , as the fuckin' cold weather of nebraska and wyoming , as american as the beautifull weather in southern california , but i must say i am ashamed of wut george bush did in his 8 years of terror !!! he let the twin towers incident happenned just to go to the middle east to dig foroil for thos efuckin' asshole of the saudi royal family. fuck you bush !!! fuck you !!!

[cbartdog]

wake up planet earth...is this the legacy we want to leave....

[altosax666]

Complete fail, this video has nothing to do with song, midnight oil, im sorry u have to put up with dumb asses like this

[LadyElaineLovegood]

Please excuse my ignorance, but who is pictured at 3:58?

I love this video, BTW. I am SO glad that madman is out of the White House.

[clk211bu]

great video, thanks

[thebrugster]

mother terresa?

oh gwad no..that person was a monstrosity..

loved to see pain and suffering as it made one 'closer to the lord'.

dhali lama...CIA stooge from a feudal overcaste?

otherwise cool vid.

[david552]

Has the American government apologised to the Native American peoples?

The time has come, a facts a fact....

[MelodramaticAct]

@david552 I'm sorry to object, but the US government has no reason to apologise to the Native American people xD

In the 1830s? Yes, maybe even up to 1900. But now it would be completely pointless to do so. What they did to Native Americans was horrible, yes. However it was not any worse than what any other civilazation in history has done to another.

Everyone treated the NA horribly, not just the government.

I'm sorry to go off on a bit of a ramble ^-^;' not trying to be offensive here.

[david552]

@MelodramaticAct don't worry I'm not offended. In what circumstances do you think government apologies or expressions of regret are worthwhile? what reason would you need? There is a long list of sins committed against the Native Americans by the US govt and US citizens, it's a part of being a healthy society that you can face up to the past, recognise when people are still suffering from the effects of it, apologise and be reconciled.

[jakob61]

top off the bill Australia so good so real. Tanks midnight oil.

[Malinasrce]

The time has come!!!

[hakomi20]

gooood... very touching... in deep appreciation, from Italy.

Hunger does NOT have to exist, please be VEGetarian, factory farming imploys a lot of planetary resources just to enslave animals, to kill for a piece of meat which is also not good for our health! Grow love, grow peace and will have peace.. please, all... listen to your heart...

[812mistyeyes]

How can we sleep when the beds are burning?Nice song!The original video is better..

[jakob61]

thats where it is all about......... so thanks for the video, just great..when do they ever learn these the song is allready for me a legend!

thanks -jacob 61

[erzmagus]

Bad deeds let me know of sings that make happy - Immanuel Kant

I'm sorry you never went through enlightenment but we had to pay for that, oh yeah, 300 years of war (with gaps). So you got to know New Age quite differently then us

[BreakToTheBasic]

@Description: You´re welcome ;-) every country has his fault. It´s important to learn about it and try to make it better. The only way for our future

[knightflyte]

Who was the man in the picture before Ghandi?

[StaySharp2000]

ehm what you mean with the vid ? good song ! :D

[okiedokies]

The Anti Fascists are the new fascists

[padaka87]

Song is great but this video sucks. fuckin Anarchist and communists with terrorists!! This video had ruined this song. Stupid cunt

[catarinne88]

perrrfection - i love you for that video!

It clearly shows why people HATE America. Of course, not all American people are to blame. But American government is fucked up... Stupid wars only(!) for MONEY.

(It's obvious that not only USA are responsible for all evil, but... You know.)

P.S. Sorry for my poor English, I'm from Poland.

[jimmyjatos28]

Song is good. Video going along with it is wrong.

[tintillos75]

exaclty video has nothing to do with lyrics......dont get me wrong some images on the video are incredible....but then again dont we all know what Midnigh Oil was all about? right??

[fullysickmayte2221]

your ugly racist face is wrong

[redwolf754]

good job

[xxxacheron]

"American soldiers holding dead Iraq's killed by muslim extremists"????????? send your soldiers back home and shut up.u have spred death at every corner of earth.stupid people

[kilynhoward]

Such twisted crap. Many of the death scenes are of nazi germany, early 1900's US deep south, American soldiers holding dead Iraq's killed by muslim extremists. And it's so obvious it never was about stupid oil, because we never took a frackin drop. Any people in the 21st century that stands by ignoring horror like the taliban dished out, genocide of 500,000 in darfur, ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Kenya, are nothing more than fkn cowards. If you can't help, then stay the frack out of our way.

[Sasuke44Shikamaru]

I love this song we have in school some unicef thing and one of our classes are gonna play this song its so good

[IRONMAIDENrockinrio]

i think the pictures speak for itselfs! war is horrible fucking war man. tell me why people have to kill each other? why we cannot life in peace man.

[IRONMAIDENrockinrio]

btw the song is good

[specialsenna]

This video captures all the human crimes in recent times..........

u should not judge all americans as the same....

[mytruth15]

wow yrs is so much better:)

[perrrfection]

No, I liked yours too!

[doomsday1945]

pick the dead bodies up and pile them up and eventualy burn them ok bush is not that bad compared to other people such as hitler ok so cus the man some slack but not to much because he does suck

[perrrfection]

Educate yourself before you post on my vid's! Bush is a bastard! Read his Directive 51! Learn something new. Stop following blindly! Guess who else had a Directive 51? Hitler! There is so much you need to know! BTW there are FEMA concentration camps all over the US just waiting for people like you. Educate yourself before it's too late!

[alex0ertel]

well i think that bush is like hitler i mean look at guantanamo bay that is almost the same as a konzentration camp

[simplefish26]

There is something about extremists I love. No matter what they stand for, they are always batshit insane.

(Incase you don't pick up, I'm calling you insane)

If only we could drop you into Germany pre-WW2so you could get a real taste of what you are saying. Cause you are wrong in so many ways. People like you take credence away from anyone who tries to make legitimate arguments against President Bush.

[joeperrysbabe]

@doomsday1945 You're right, Hitler was in fact much worse as were/are many dictators like him, but yes, Bush was a bastard. The crimes he committed against the country should've put his ass in fuckin jail! But hey, Nixon got away with it so i guess he does too. That's our system for you.

[doomsday1945]

head so he wold die instantly if not they wold shoot him somewere else and let him bleed to death in your arms as you wach the color fade from his body ok oh and also you wold have to durry him urself that is lucky compared to the people in the consentrasion camps they wold burn people alive ok they wold not feed them and they wold work them to death then they wold have the liveing people

[doomsday1945]

ok if bush and hitler were the same this is what it woid be like if u are mot white blond and have blue eyes you wold be being starved to death having to pic what chiled you want to keep alive if you only had one kid he wold be shot and killed oh did i menchen your kids wold be killed in front of you if they were in a good mood they wold shoot him in the

[doomsday1945]

when bush and that black dude were not throwin up th white power thing use comen sence the other guy was black i am whith i do not ever sat white power or doun with white people that wold be retarded

[axterix]

notaron que en la foto de bush todas las banderas de los muertos en guerra son mexicanas???

[pprincipitoo]

bush the more criminal in the world, walking free ,killing the human life in the world

[JustinFromSydney]

And for nothing more than to get re-elected.

[iranjavid]

This song is written about the plight of aboriginal people in Australia, and has nothing to do with Bush!

Just listen to it and enjoy mr Al_Qaeda!

[audrickjohn]

I agrees with you!

[doomsday1945]

i do not think he is the worst thing in the world i beleave it is the islamofacist scum in iraq

[pprincipitoo]

the usa, eeuu is the more criminal in the history abused, crimed, racism, all in the name of democracia tha´s no exist, they are a poor people , with no soul more the death and the mony...all is a big manipulation for theirs benefit...sorry for my inglish

[Brahma001]

We the Germans and Austrians where from the US diffarmed as Nazis! But look an Bush ! O.o

Who are the true rassists now? Stop the dammn war - and stop the great arrogant urge to democracy other countries! Look whats going on now in IRAK!

[westphalianprinz]

Bush used the same excuse to invade Iraq as Hitler used to invade Poland. Poland was a gathering threat, and that they had to invade to prevent a larger war. Of course, that's what started the war.

[doomsday1945]

its spelled iraq

[alman9898]

America's a great country, eh?

[aarlevanbram]

the time has come to pay our rent! we owe them a lot more than we can pay them back!

[nativeozboy]

as australian aboriginal man i was shock to see some much hatered in the world when will these prick in power learn u can't solove everything with war and land grab

[ceriauld]

horrific video, sure makes you open your eyes to it all

[andysllt]

hav not herd this 4 ages its brilliant

[chibchacui]

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

How can we dance when our earth is turning

How do we sleep while our beds are burning

[UnpocodeSangre]

who liked this video will definitely like this one

watch?v=10rOCgQEBPs

[joethefast]

Awesome!

[motherseer]

True art makes you think, makes you hold your breath, makes you cry. This is true art.

[CassaStarfire]

Thank you, thank you for saying that.

[XXXXLBill]

great song, great personal insight too

[darknessprince6]

great vid, really captures all the problems that people are reluctant to talk about, such as the Native Americans being forced off their land. The Trail of Tears was horrible.

[kycady]

GREAT

[geovision]

Thank you very, very much perrrfection for such masterpiece! I really commend your work for such a great video and your time and dedication to spread that powerful message. I hope that one day the rest of America will say 'sorry' like you do, and like the Oils did to the Australian aborigines. Great work and excellent contrast of images at the end of the video. Enjoyed the pictures of Dalai Lama, mother Teresa and MLK to the tune of Midnight Oil, my favorite band.

[SanRafaelSwell]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SanRafaelSwell]

As an American, I'm sorry too! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!

[PhantomRandom]

u should have footage of peter garret dancing in between those pictures lol

[joecitizan]

Funny you should start off with pix of Aboriginals as they are one in a handful of cultures I respect enough to call truly civilized.

[mcgrath900]

everytime i hear this song, i get tears, it moves me heaps and i love the chorus i might sing this infront of my grade :) thankyou for this

[aimus8888]

I was moved to tears AND action--not just tears. You could not have married pictures and music better had you tried. Loved the correlations between Hitler and Bush. So right on. Thank you.

[perrrfection]

Thank you, I know there are people who would not agree with us. But my voice and my vision will always be for peace. : ) Angela

[YourDailyTsunami]

I think, the US-gov. is pretty blind if it honestly thinks a war in Iraq or a wall on the Mexican border will help them secure some kind of peace and democracy.

Just go anywhere outside the US and you 'll realise, that you have already built up a pretty devastating public opinion against the US. And I'm talking about countries in the EU as well as the middle east...

[trainwreckmetal]

Ok! my bad $8. and where do you get the 1 millions plus??? sucks for you. now, in 10-15 years the USA will be paying the same. so what we are doing is obtaining the middle-east so we can control the oil that is going to go to china! plus if iraq, saudi arabia, and others made the switch from US Dollars to EUROS for Oil trade, we would be fucked. that is why we are doing what we are doing.

[trainwreckmetal]

and no everyone in the US is not like me, they don't voice thier opinions. wrong or right. it's my own OPINION. i don't care for the deaths of others just the fact that i won't live to see the end of the human race.

[trainwreckmetal]

god damn i have been looking for this song forever!! thanks for posting

[HairyOldCopywriter]

The ancient Aztec priests that sacrificed thousands daily for their gods aint got nothing on the current crop of priests. Too bad there's not a way to hack international media satellites and have this vid play for 24 hours straight on every television in the world a la V. Instead the masses are spoonfed shite.

[YourDailyTsunami]

if there's a will there's a way... just go for it, mate :D

[YourDailyTsunami]

Really well done. Tis vid grasped what it's all about!

[hoipolloifilms]

Excellent work, Perrrfection.

[Lightwvvvvvvvv]

wow. Unbelievable twisted. The hanging was the deep south 60 years ago. My friends are there dying. They don't kill babies. 65,000 dead, not 650,000. And mostly by the cowardly terrorist who kill their own. You obviously don't understand Omar,Islam, jihad, acid chambers, genocide, thousand of chemically killed dead babies. I would hate my country if we weren't there to stop the madness. Freedom isn't free, someone died for yours.

[perrrfection]

You are definately brainwashed! YOU HAVE YOUR FACTS WRONG! You sound like an idiot! Read some books instead of watching T.V. & let me guess your favorite news caster is Bill O'riely! You're a joke! 65,000 I'd like you to site your source! I have wrote to over 900 troups and I was surprised the feed back I got back! & Guess what buddy, THEY WANT TO COME HOME TOO. BUSH IS WRONG! THIS WAR IS WRONG AND SO ARE YOU!

[trainwreckmetal]

icasualties . org / oif / has all the death's from the iraq war. so after looking at that you really want to tell someone that there are 650,000 death's??? so the war is wrong huh??? i guess it would be better for the USA to have everyone paying over $6.00 for gas not the $3 + we are paying now. yep your right, most people don't make the knid of money it takes to afford gas if it were $6.00. so you would enjoy living like you were in iraq.

[trainwreckmetal]

people would all get guns and kill each other for gas or what ever else they can't afford. so yes your right...we need to pull out of iraq and let the world run us over, it is already starting from the counrty just south of us MEXICO. you don't look at the big picture do you???

[HairyOldCopywriter]

Pull your head out man, the people in the UK and the EU are paying $8+ a gallon right now. Yea, right, it's OK for a million+ people to be dead (half of them innocent women and children) just so you can gas up for $3 and a bag of fritos. Hopefully everyone in the US is not like you. If they are...be very afraid.

[boysdontcry95]

i cant tell you how ridiculous you sound you saying the US should kill thousands of innocent people so you can save 3 dollars. how would you like it if your country was being invaded i guess you would go no fair enough they are saving 3 dollars. that is a ridiculous thing to say sacrificing human life so oil is cheaper oil is going to run out anyway i say politicians should focus on an alternative like making public transport better and oil is also fueling climate change.

[Lightwvvvvvvvv]

This is exactly the propaganda the Nazis used to cause many of these images. Not one death and destruction picture here was caused by Americans. In fact, concerning these photos, Americans gave food, aid and military protection to these same people. Watch again, pay attention. It is the American soldiers holding dead babies and crying you Nazis.

[perrrfection]

NOT ONE? You are wrong! Did you miss the two people that were hanging from a tree? The American soldiers were holding the dead babies they killed! Yes an acident BUT the fact remains we have NO business being in IRAQ! This is not about the Nazis! With your rambling you sound like another brainwashed American. As Midnight Oil would say READ ABOUT IT! Don't use the media as a source! You are dead wrong! 650,000 innocent lives dead wrong!

[Xanderpaulfrederik]

You made a point making this vid; very good!

Thanx,

X.

[gnu527]

With 6.4 billion people in the world,

6 million of which die each year from not having clean water to drink, it seems to me someone has to die.

I just hope it's not Americans!!! (and it's not our fault)

[DinaMagic]

just perfect...

[dyannabootz]

How can we sleep while our beds are burning. How can we sleep at night knowing how many innocent people have been killed in Iraq. Our facts are fact. George Bush is an idiot! That's what I got out of it! It makes perfect sense. If one word can be used to explain many things. This song proves that music can all-so!

[GibsonL65]

this song is ment for aboriginal land writes in australia not the iraq war in the us of a, it doesn't make sence

[perrrfection]

Midnight Oil is well know for their views about the US. It was originally meant for the aboriginal people. But it's a perfect choice to represent all the injustices done in the world. If you listen to the words it makes perfect sense to a sensible person. The time has come! We will have to pay our dues.

[MORBIN5150]

Totally agree with you in this. We will have to pay our dues one day but, it is not this day. This day is meant to gather the facts and a fact is a fact, so how can we sleep while our beds are burning?

[curacaovexxor]

Great video, even better topic. Dont beleive the media, we the people do not approve of the war and never did.

[RedBaum]

WOW! I LOVE IT... Who is Midnight Oil? I think I like them. I'm glad a few Americans still have a back bone and stand up for what's right!

[steeledge1]

Only the greatest Australian band of all time. :)

[osiris7nz]

yeah, but that aint saying much ;op

[steeledge1]

bastard..lol

[dancingal]

200,000 new yorkers protested the war in iraq, on the FIRST DAY it was waged. i'd say more than just a few of us stand up for whats right.

[boysdontcry95]

they were good and stood up for what was right (midnight oil) but now the lead singer peter garret is the minister for environment and snap he has dropped everything he stood up for its kind of sad. his even standing up for a pulp mill