Rob Hirst wasn’t just Midnight Oil’s drummer — he was the engine. Relentless groove, songwriting input, even lead vocals at times. A master of serving the song while still sounding unmistakably him.
RIP.
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Hannah & Sascha after early 🌙morning 🌄 walks🚶♀️🐕 🐕 🐦 🐦⬛ 🌹 🌸 🏵 🌳 ❤️ ❤️
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Know your customs, don't speak your tongue ,
White man came ,took everyone 🎶
5 degrees feels like 1 degree
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29. 🗡️
Midnight Oil - Put Down That Weapon
Diesel and Dust (1987)
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I think #MidnightOil said it best! #auspol
I work in phone interview market research. (I won't name my employer or the client.) Phone survey re a mining project somewhere, a lady answered a question: "Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground." I asked her "Waitaminute, are you quoting #MidnightOil?" "Yep." 😂 #BlueSkyMine #AusMusic 🎶
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Day 10. A song that feels like a memory replaying
“US Forces” by #MidnightOil
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Just found this, haven't seen before and God DAMN were they on fire for this show.
Live Oils never disappoint.
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#MidnightOil Midnight killing of 100 children by Trump
Killing and Raping Children.
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#Enough
When it comes to history we seem to have very short and selective memories. Even more so if you're a badge wearing "conservative".
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#MidnightOil 10->1 1
Only the strong
♫ Back once more at the point of no return
A clear winner on an album full of them. But Only the strong win out and that's the case today.
Thanks again to Drew & Yuri, getting close to this album again caps a strong feb for me.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 2
Read about it
♫ Another little flare up
Storm brewed in a tea cup
Imagine any mix up and the lot would go
Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what I am to know
Ain't no doubt about it , one of their very best.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 3
The Power and the Passion
♫ Too much of sunshine
too much of sky
it's just enough to make you want to cry
Drummer Rob Hirst was going stir crazy making this album so they let him express himself to the fullest here. Epic song, legendary drum solo
Há 36 anos chegava "Blue Sky Mining"!!!
Qual a sua canção predileta deste 7° álbum de estúdio do Midnight Oil?
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On this date in 2021 at the Enmore Theatre Newtown NSW Australia - MIDNIGHT OIL (250221). #livesydneymusic #midnightoilband #Makarratalive #enmore_theatre #Enmoretheatre #newtownAUS #midnightoil #Aussiemusic #FirstNationscollaborators
probably 1 of the MOST important hidden songs
inside a BIG album
'put down that weapon
or we'll all be gone-
u must be crazy if u think u R strong'
1987
this land must change or this land must BURN
thank u 4 that burning #MidnightOil 🙏
own many LPs up through
"earth sun & moon" on CD
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#MidnightOil 10->1 4
Short Memory
♫ Sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
[sweeping spotlight guitars]
a history built on exploitation. and worse.
this was a radio staple for ages though seems to have dropped off the radar now.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 5
Outside World
♫ The bosses they can sense your moves
All in place to a hand that rules
They all want to deal you out
I can see the outside world
Everything's inviting in the outside world
Opening track mood setter - tense, anxious and complex.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 6
U.S. Forces
♫ Will you know it when you see it,
high risk children dogs of war
now market movements call the shots,
business deals in parking lots
waiting for the meat of tomorrow
Well i know we're seeing this on steroids at the moment.
1/2
On this date in 2022 at Newcastle Entertainment Center Australia - MIDNIGHT OIL (230222).
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#MidnightOil 10->1 7
Tin legs and tin mines
♫ Boxed in like candles, polar bear pride
Turning to terror as the script is read out
Unwilling actors, accomplished protractors will shout
Who's running the world today?
As recent events are once again prove, true story.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 8
Scream in blue
♫ When I'm dreaming I dream in blue
When I'm dreaming I dream of you
When I'm screaming I scream in blue
A love song? On my Midnight Oil album? It's more likely than you think. Clandestine love, the excitement and the afterglow.
a hearty Thank You to the grocery store for playing this Song Of The Day(ish). apparently i'm now the grocery-store music generation.
SOTD 430 has sailed from a distant shore, and the company takes what the company wants...
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#MidnightOil 10->1 9
Somebody's trying to tell me something
♫ (Breaking me down)
Lunatic noises
Almost the template for the next album. big rob hirst energy (vale). probably from an idea by jim.
musically this is so much fun, loses points for the end section.
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#MidnightOil 10->1 10
Maralinga
♫ The poison crown
The charcoal ground
The A-bomb met the Dreamtime. Prescient album in so many ways - the Reagan era of diplomacy explored, and we're back here again somehow. There's reasons they don't teach Australian history in schools you know.
Album artwork for Gadigal Land by Midnight Oil
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▶️ Day 15
🎞️ Hercules
#MidnightOil Hercules
