Song 12: Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
(Level: B2 to C1 / Upper-Intermediate / ***)  |
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The following notes could be useful:
Midnight Oil are an Australia rock band (Peter Garett - vocals, harmonica; Rob Hirst - drums; Jim Moginie - guitar and keyboard; Martin Rotsey - guitar and Bones Hillman - bass guitar).
The band issued their first album in 1978 and achieved later more popularity, even in the USA with the release of their 1982 album and well-acclaimed singles (Power and the passion / US Forces).
They achieved their first Australian number one album in 1984 (Red Sails in the Sunset) whereas they topped Australia's singles chart for six weeks thnks to their subsequent EP album (Species Decreases).
The group then gained worldwide attention with their 1987 album (Diesel and Dust) and its singles (The Dead Heart and Beds are Burning).
The band continued having global success with the subsequent albums until they disbanded in 2002. They held concerts sporadically during the 2000s and reformed in 2016.
Lead singer and band leader Peter Garett (born on 16 April 1953) is a musician, environmentalist and politician. He is known to be active in anti-nuclear, environmental and indigenous causes.
Beds are Burning is their 1987 hit single and the first track of Diesel and Dust. It is a song about giving lands back to an Aboriginal tribe.
Bloodwood: in Australia the name refers to distinct groups of trees (eucalypt). The name bloodwood for these trees stems from the dark red to brown gum that accumulates on wounds on the trunks.
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| Bloodwood Picture credit: amusingplanet.com |
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| Bloodwood Picture credit: pinterest.com |
Australian cuckatoos
Picture credit: natureaustralia.org.au
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