Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Outbreak of Love



The now-sadly defunct Midnight Oil have always maintained an indomitable, indefatigable never-say-die spirit, in spite of the changing times. Thirty-five years after their inception in the rough-and-tumble pub-rock circuit of Sydney, Australia, the Oils--as they are more widely known--are still known as one of the premier torch-bearers of rock-with-a-conscience. Best known for incendiary standards like 'Beds are Burning', 'The Dead Heart' and 'Blue Sky Mine', the Oils are perpetually at the forefront of socio-political rock, rallying against various injustices of the day like environmental degradation, the detrimental side effects of asbestos mining, the predicaments of Australian Aborigines, and French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Check out a typically adroit live-television reading of one of the Oils' more underrated singles, the measured but still compelling 'Outbreak of Love'.

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