I was there when they shot this. Amazing night! They played for nearly three hours. No opening act. What was even cooler was that they didn't use a stage. Just set up on the ground with the crowd. I was able to find myself in the video. They opened the show, played a few songs, then they played this while they shot it. Then they would play it again after a few songs and film it again. They played it around five or six times that night. It was a free show. They provided free bus rides to the site (Brooklyn Bridge) from Manhattan.
RIP their bassist Bones Hillman. After a battle with cancer he died at the age of 62 in his home of Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. He'll always be remembered.
Sovereignty was never ceded! I'm an American, but I'm part Native as well, with ancestry from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe as well. The resilience of Native people around the world has never let me down.
We saw them in Columbus,Oh almost 30 years ago+WOW was it good.Amazing show +we had front row seats about 12 ft.from Peter Garrett singing and dancing(Mind-blowing great singing+dancing+entire band!!). One of our VERY favorites of the many concerts we have seen!Highly underated band!They are insanely good!!! 💕❤️😊🆒🆒
One of the top sleeper bands from the eighties. Countless number of great songs that no one has ever even heard, unless they made the airwaves. The bass line on this particular song is tremendous. Their songs have real meaning, and a lot of it is happening right before our very eyes in the modern day. These guys were way ahead of their time.
We saw them back in the 90's in Europe & they are still much loved to this day . I was impressed by their live performance - one of the best rock bands ever .
Luckily our NYC based rock station was playing "Sometimes", and they happened to be playing live in Central Park as the gigantic anti nuclear weapons march where people were marching through part of the park. Became a fan, and them 2x's at later shows. Excellent music, shows!
Remember travelling down to Birmingham England to see them live in the late 80's and being blown away by their performance so much, that the following day, I travelled down to London to watch them again. I've been blessed to see a lot of great legendary bands live, but I've never done that before, or in fact, since.
This is midnight oil just flexing how good a band they are….Musically as good as any band to ever do it…Harmonies as good as any band in history…At the height of their powers here..Musical Royalty
This song came out almost 3 decades ago, and i still can't get enough of it. it's one of my favorite songs of all time, and not just by the Oils. if a week goes by without me hearing this song, i go into relapse. i think its that good - both the message and the melody. i finally got to see them live in 2017 in Oakland, CA and it was incredible...a bucket list item i thought i'd never be able to cross off.
I had heard Blue Sky Mining and Beds Are Burning and liked those, but when this track dropped in the states I was really hooked. Great band - reminds me of The Tragically Hip from Canada.
@@brucejenrich834 as an Aussie who grew up on Aussie music I have been extremely fortunate enough to see the Oils live 14 times……and again this year when they tour again for the new album….. 👋
These guys are the most sincere rockers of multiple generations either side of there own generation with the topics they raise in there music .. they never produced a shallow track or gap filler to finish off an album .. each track has a punch in the face impact written on a foundation of uncomfortable truth and facts .. backed up with a unique sound produced by intelligent musicians.
Never forget that Peter Garrett and his bandmates defiantly stood on the Avenue of the Americas, and openly mocked the oil giant Exxon in front of its NYC building with their music for its horrific pollution of Prudhoe Bay (The Valdez) -- when no one else had the guts to say a word. They shut down the busiest city street in the world for an hour and excoriated the criminals, who would not come outside to face them.
0:50 - just amazing combo of base and guitar riffs. One of my favorites for sure! The last aboriginal lady forced removed from Tasmania never returned to rest
What I find interesting about Midnight Oil is that for a band spanning from the 70's to the 2000's with the exception of about one song they never did a guitar solo similar to solos of that period.
I love both bands never before made the connection. Musically quite different but you're right - they are similar In that they use their music to advance a cause
Les musiques des Oils sont tellement puissantes!! bourrées de significations 🙏🏾Je suis française et je les adore depuis les années 80/90 . La basse sur ce titre est aussi phénoménale !!!
Brilliant! Humanitarian. Political protest. Mystical experience. Spirituality. Folk ect all in one. Proud to be a lifelong fan of Midnight Oil 35 Years
Songs these days have no meaning..no soul..no power..no passion and no reason for people to reflect on injustices that never get spoken about without songs like this to remind people.
I'm an American, but I love Midnight Oil, and I love their commitment to advocating for the Aboriginal community in their songs. I wish more White Americans back here were more vocal about indigenous rights here as well.
I just realized--the guitars do a quick swelled minor chord that cuts off, like the opening of "Roundabout" by Yes. Message: remember what's "Fragile" (the title of the Yes album). Our lives, our environments, our traditional cultures and languages.
they are gifted in so many ways. rhythmically. melodically, they are really good at 2 + melodies at a time. Their key changes are awesome! And to me, their tempo, key, riffs communicate precisely what is in the lyrics. The harmonica cuts glass. I guess you could say I'm a little blown away by them.
This song brings back so many memories life was so different a world of playing outside knowing your niebours leaving the house unlocked and no one would stole anything
Blue collar work it don't get you nowhere You just go round and round in debt Somebody's got you on that treadmill, mate And I hope you're not beaten yet
@@linoservello503It's a metaphor for constantly striving for wealth and a better life (rat race). Like a rat on a spin wheel. Doing the same thing everyday day just to pay off mortgage having no time or money to live, but only surviving.
Wow…what a catchy tune, the harmonica sound so good, the guitars licks , the drum beat, are amazingly good to listen to, the whole song is so wow,…so soothing to listen to…
Several years ago I heard this song in the car, I have been heard it so many times before, but this day suddenly something turned me on! I have spent so many time until I found this track and several years later I found the name of it. I knew that the name of the band is "Midnight Oil", but I didn't know that the song's name is not "I see" but "Truganini". And I love it!!!
Right behind you, Peter & Midnight Oil. We haven't gone away away either. Maybe someday this silent majority (unseen) will put you back in the driver's seat. Because I'd back passion everyday!.
Listening to this song for the first time in at least a decade. Goddamn, I forgot how powerful it is, especially that absolute monster groove. Got it on loop now.
Verdade!!!!!!... E, para mim, esta música tem cheiro, cor e sabor de pré-adolescência. Eu era apenas um pré-adolescente e morava no sítio quando me apaixonei pela banda, por conta desta música. Eu e meu irmão éramos os únicos que morávamos no sítio e ouvíamos Rock e Heavy Metal ao invés de "sertanojo".
It's too easy to forget how brilliant they were. They're touring again and I will be there !!! 0:50 - just amazing combo of base and guitar riffs. One of my favorites for sure! O vocal desse cara está cada vez melhor.
The current democratic nominee for VP, Tim Kaine, was our mayor, and at that the time he said this band (and the album Blue Sky Mining) was his favorite band.
Excellent song and video. Pretty cool under-looked band. Remember them playing this jam on Saturday night live way back with Christina Applegate hosting. Little faster, but still a great performance on American tv.
Trabalho fora da cidade de SP, na auto estrada para Jundiaí-SP, tenho o hábito de sempre fazer status da pista com áudio de alguma música anos 90 ao fundo, até hoje meu recorde de visualizações foi com essa belíssima e clássica música.. viva aos australianos do midnigth oil.
I was there when they shot this. Amazing night! They played for nearly three hours. No opening act. What was even cooler was that they didn't use a stage. Just set up on the ground with the crowd. I was able to find myself in the video. They opened the show, played a few songs, then they played this while they shot it. Then they would play it again after a few songs and film it again. They played it around five or six times that night. It was a free show. They provided free bus rides to the site (Brooklyn Bridge) from Manhattan.
RIP their bassist Bones Hillman. After a battle with cancer he died at the age of 62 in his home of Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. He'll always be remembered.
Proud Australian bones Hillman
😞
O baixo dessa música é doido demais. Viva Bones!
This song is actually a little masterpiece in writing and production.
indeed, even as a devout metalhead, I keep this in my top 10, MAD respect to this great band! and RIP Bones Hillman 😢
I hope Bones is rocking those bass lines on the other side 💔
I just know he passed away so sad.
That’s sad
I am descendent from Truganini, We Have Survived"💯💯🙏
@@chalkupsomepurchase3842 yes Sey had children to a koori man, that settled in Warranombol..
a'ho ! keep on !
Sovereignty was never ceded! I'm an American, but I'm part Native as well, with ancestry from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe as well. The resilience of Native people around the world has never let me down.
This entire album is a masterpiece! One of my top 5 albums of all time for all rock!
"Truganini" remains one of their strongest statements on this subject area.
Rest in Peace Truganini. Never forgotten.
White Australia has a Black history.
@@Mumscup a dark history
Lol. My friends and I are in this video. Between takes the band would play songs for the crowd. These guys are so awesome live. One of my favs ❤
Great live band saw them in south Africa 1994 they took people from the audience to play instruments at the end of the show was fun
We saw them in Columbus,Oh almost 30 years ago+WOW was it good.Amazing show +we had front row seats about 12 ft.from Peter Garrett singing and dancing(Mind-blowing great singing+dancing+entire band!!). One of our VERY favorites of the many concerts we have seen!Highly underated band!They are insanely good!!! 💕❤️😊🆒🆒
One of my favourite songs of all time. I'm now 55 from Newcastle, England and it's 2022 and this song still makes me want to cry, so so brilliant ❤❤❤
One of the top sleeper bands from the eighties. Countless number of great songs that no one has ever even heard, unless they made the airwaves. The bass line on this particular song is tremendous. Their songs have real meaning, and a lot of it is happening right before our very eyes in the modern day. These guys were way ahead of their time.
We saw them back in the 90's in Europe & they are still much loved to this day . I was impressed by their live performance - one of the best rock bands ever .
They weren’t a sleeper band in Australia. Had a huge following despite very little commercial television or radio support
Well said
Luckily our NYC based rock station was playing "Sometimes", and they happened to be playing live in Central Park as the gigantic anti nuclear weapons march where people were marching through part of the park. Became a fan, and them 2x's at later shows. Excellent music, shows!
They are only a sleeper here in America. The rest of the world knows them very well.
Remember travelling down to Birmingham England to see them live in the late 80's and being blown away by their performance so much, that the following day, I travelled down to London to watch them again.
I've been blessed to see a lot of great legendary bands live, but I've never done that before, or in fact, since.
What patriots.... This has to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Australian rock band around.
This is midnight oil just flexing how good a band they are….Musically as good as any band to ever do it…Harmonies as good as any band in history…At the height of their powers here..Musical Royalty
This song came out almost 3 decades ago, and i still can't get enough of it. it's one of my favorite songs of all time, and not just by the Oils. if a week goes by without me hearing this song, i go into relapse. i think its that good - both the message and the melody. i finally got to see them live in 2017 in Oakland, CA and it was incredible...a bucket list item i thought i'd never be able to cross off.
I had heard Blue Sky Mining and Beds Are Burning and liked those, but when this track dropped in the states I was really hooked. Great band - reminds me of The Tragically Hip from Canada.
I was able to see them 3 times in salt Lake City Utah USA. I was blessed.
Saw the Oils in concert in March 2021, still awesome
Saw them in SF in 88 & Munich in 92 Yee-hawz!
@@brucejenrich834 as an Aussie who grew up on Aussie music I have been extremely fortunate enough to see the Oils live 14 times……and again this year when they tour again for the new album….. 👋
This masterpiece should have waaay more views, it's fine tho, like an exclusive club for people with good taste from all over the world.
Now at 52 I still love this tune as much now as when I first heard it on MTV all those years ago, bought the single on CD and played it over and over.
Midnight Oils most 'powerful' song. What an amazing song, and message that intertwines. Rob Hirst is Australia's greatest musician.
My favourite Aussie drummer....talent and raw energy. Live, he is magnificent
More energy than a cyclone.
He's on the same energy level as Art Blakey.
Paul Ryan, Most of the band agree, no Jim, no midnight oil.
and Tommy Emmanuel
These guys are the most sincere rockers of multiple generations either side of there own generation with the topics they raise in there music .. they never produced a shallow track or gap filler to finish off an album .. each track has a punch in the face impact written on a foundation of uncomfortable truth and facts .. backed up with a unique sound produced by intelligent musicians.
Never forget that Peter Garrett and his bandmates defiantly stood on the Avenue of the Americas, and openly mocked the oil giant Exxon in front of its NYC building with their music for its horrific pollution of Prudhoe Bay (The Valdez) -- when no one else had the guts to say a word. They shut down the busiest city street in the world for an hour and excoriated the criminals, who would not come outside to face them.
They are true heroes.
Steven Gottlieb I sure as hell won't forget. Wish I was there then.
Steven Gottlieb perssppppe
booo
"no one else had the guts to say a word" - my arse. It was a huge public scandal.
Remarkable song - incredible band and one of the most entertaining drummers ever: Rob Hirst.
0:50 - just amazing combo of base and guitar riffs. One of my favorites for sure!
The last aboriginal lady forced removed from Tasmania never returned to rest
You ain’t kiddin! Great comment.
The story of Truganini is truly disturbing. God bless the Oils for creating a song to recognise what she went through.
And what all indigenous peoples have endured...at the hands of so called Western "civilizations."
I agree. I can't understand though given her story why the film clip is in New York.
@@Rachel-dm6fw this was the watered down version for the U.S, the original Australian video is here ua-cam.com/video/jknLRQA8kmw/v-deo.html
I just learned about Truganini and had this song in my head. I get it now, Midnight Oil.
awesome hey
What I find interesting about Midnight Oil is that for a band spanning from the 70's to the 2000's with the exception of about one song they never did a guitar solo similar to solos of that period.
Even before there was a Rage Against the Machine...there was the Midnight Oil fighting the good fight.
I love both bands never before made the connection. Musically quite different but you're right - they are similar In that they use their music to advance a cause
Rage just sounds angry to me. The Oils seem to have more. & That's just my view :)
This is a little more listenable.
Well said.
Dude, I use that analogy all the time!
Garrett ozzes charisma with the best dancing in any video! Best Aussie band since the B Gees!
The Oils do some of their best music clips under bridges.
I kept this CD in rotation in my car for a very long time. My favorite Midnight Oil album and one of the best albums of the 90's
Absolutely the best bass riff ever played!
The last aboriginal lady forced removed from Tasmania never returned to rest
O vocal desse cara está cada vez melhor.
This tune always delivers...
Les musiques des Oils sont tellement puissantes!! bourrées de significations 🙏🏾Je suis française et je les adore depuis les années 80/90 . La basse sur ce titre est aussi phénoménale !!!
If you feel the oils songs in the veins. You're bloody patriotic and love Australia!
Brilliant! Humanitarian. Political protest. Mystical experience. Spirituality. Folk ect all in one. Proud to be a lifelong fan of Midnight Oil 35 Years
Great Peter Garrett, smart guy, I still have chills listening to it today, a pleasure...
Uma das melhores bandas de todos os tempos
My God those instrumentals are insane. Truly a one of a kind band Peters dancing never fails to crack me up. Love from perth
Songs these days have no meaning..no soul..no power..no passion and no reason for people to reflect on injustices that never get spoken about without songs like this to remind people.
3.11---3.40 chills up the spine...
Fkn love the Oils
Great part!
I'm an American, but I love Midnight Oil, and I love their commitment to advocating for the Aboriginal community in their songs. I wish more White Americans back here were more vocal about indigenous rights here as well.
Another virtue signal
My favorite Oils song!
One word Legend 🙌👏😌😏👌
Excelente!!!!!... Greetings from Brazil!
I love this band...a very underrated band.
I just realized--the guitars do a quick swelled minor chord that cuts off, like the opening of "Roundabout" by Yes. Message: remember what's "Fragile" (the title of the Yes album). Our lives, our environments, our traditional cultures and languages.
A Austrália tem meu respeito por essa manda 🤩😎🎶🎧 me remete aos anos 90 minha época de surf 🏄 😜👍🏻🇧🇷
80'S MUSIC RULES! BUT THE EARLY 90"S WEREN"T BAD!! the dj
Let the Union Jack burn! Let it be, let it be!
A million upvotes. A freedom anthem from a more hopeful time. I remember it. I mourn it.
0:50 - just amazing combo of base and guitar riffs. One of my favorites for sure!
+Ed Z Indeed!
moi aussi je kiffe ce passage
Ed Z yes these 3 seconds were unique..and the tone will come later in right and left speaker..stereo type
another message from good Australian band..
Ed Z & the best drummer to ever come out of Australia : Rob Hirst ! 😍 🇦🇺 👍🏼
they are gifted in so many ways. rhythmically. melodically, they are really good at 2 + melodies at a time. Their key changes are awesome! And to me, their tempo, key, riffs communicate precisely what is in the lyrics. The harmonica cuts glass. I guess you could say I'm a little blown away by them.
Prophetic & still Relevant today! Time has come!
Midnight Oil going 40 years +
RIP Truganini and Bones Hillman.
This song brings back so many memories life was so different a world of playing outside knowing your niebours leaving the house unlocked and no one would stole anything
VIVA AUSTRALIA
one of those songs where the verse is even better than the chorus just brilliance
Why the 90s is so under appreciated for music.
Blue collar work it don't get you nowhere
You just go round and round in debt
Somebody's got you on that treadmill, mate
And I hope you're not beaten yet
Vrdd
Perhaps the treadmill operators need to get off there own treadmill.
@@linoservello503It's a metaphor for constantly striving for wealth and a better life (rat race). Like a rat on a spin wheel. Doing the same thing everyday day just to pay off mortgage having no time or money to live, but only surviving.
Wow…what a catchy tune, the harmonica sound so good, the guitars licks , the drum beat, are amazingly good to listen to, the whole song is so wow,…so soothing to listen to…
Several years ago I heard this song in the car, I have been heard it so many times before, but this day suddenly something turned me on! I have spent so many time until I found this track and several years later I found the name of it. I knew that the name of the band is "Midnight Oil", but I didn't know that the song's name is not "I see" but "Truganini". And I love it!!!
Right behind you, Peter & Midnight Oil. We haven't gone away away either. Maybe someday this silent majority (unseen) will put you back in the driver's seat. Because I'd back passion everyday!.
Vi os Oils ao vivo em São Paulo, 2017. Um dos melhores show da minha vida!
Those Aussies can ROCK!
Truganini story is very disturbing im glad this band spoke out agaisnt this
Meu Deus q clássico, agradeço a meu primo q ouvia muito e eu cresci ouvindo, música de qualidade !!!!!
I LOVE ALL OF THIS SO MUCH
I love Australia ❤
Listening to this song for the first time in at least a decade. Goddamn, I forgot how powerful it is, especially that absolute monster groove. Got it on loop now.
Está musica estará eternamente no meu set list
Genios, saludos desde Argentina...
A Austrália nós presenteado com bandas é músicos competentes. 🦘🎸🥁🎶👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I remember seeing them in Utrecht in 1993... They were great! I love this band!
I saw MIDNIGHT OIL live only once, on July 11, 1993 at the OUT IN THE GREEN Open Air Festival 1993...unforgettable; this song is for eternity
30 años llevo escuchando a Midnight Oil y me siguen gustando como el primer dia que los descubri.Viva Australia y vivan los Oil.s
De las mejores bandas en la historia del rock👏👏👏👏 simplemente geniales!!!
Midnight Oil , banda fantástica músicas lindas , Amo !!!!
Oi luna 🎸🎸🎸💃💃❤️
Realmente!!!!... Banda fantástica.
@@josesinesiorodrigues7391 boa noite 👍
🤩🤩 linda
It's too easy to forget how brilliant they were. They're touring again and I will be there !!!
100% amo essa musica
If only I'd paid attention to song lyrics when I was young . I just liked the music .
Midnight oil,super banda.!
Fabulosa y fantástica!!!!😍😍😍
VIVA AUSTRALIA!!!!
ME FASCINA ESTA BANDA!!!!😍😍😍😍
Chega a arrepiar. Tamanha é a entrega da banda parabéns
Verdade!!!!!!... E, para mim, esta música tem cheiro, cor e sabor de pré-adolescência. Eu era apenas um pré-adolescente e morava no sítio quando me apaixonei pela banda, por conta desta música. Eu e meu irmão éramos os únicos que morávamos no sítio e ouvíamos Rock e Heavy Metal ao invés de "sertanojo".
Pura nostalgia essa banda. Descia todos os finais de semana para Ubatuba com os amigos para surfar ouvindo esses caras.
Frederico Luis Ferrero from France and Marocco nostalgie
Nossa, bom d+
2 clássicos Ubatuba e M.O.
Powerful lyrics, love it !!!
It's too easy to forget how brilliant they were. They're touring again and I will be there !!!
0:50 - just amazing combo of base and guitar riffs. One of my favorites for sure!
O vocal desse cara está cada vez melhor.
They are the bread and butter of this country.
to me they are the Creme .
The current democratic nominee for VP, Tim Kaine, was our mayor, and at that the time he said this band (and the album Blue Sky Mining) was his favorite band.
Creme of the whole World!
dont forget the rum, beer , whatever wine
Excellent song and video. Pretty cool under-looked band. Remember them playing this jam on Saturday night live way back with Christina Applegate hosting. Little faster, but still a great performance on American tv.
I cant explain but this song makes me cry.
Impossível de ouvir essa relíquia e ficar parado! Salve Midnight Oil
🔊PURA ENERGIA😀!!!!
As bandas antigas não tem comparação com as de hoje.
ISSO É ROCK DE VERDADE!!!!!😎👍.
Mano, esses caras são na mesma pegada do RPM, Plebe Rude. É uma banda 100% ativista e política os caras são fodasticos.
@@moreirasp rpm? menos né.
@@Walneiy, leia as letras, aí você vai ver.
RPM é ativista e foram considerados pelos franceses como uma das maiores bandas a época.
Qual a sua idade?
Bom demais!
Falou tudo meu irmão sem comparação, que nostalgia que honra vivermos essa época ✌️🌅🌊.
Excelente. Creo que soy el seguidor numero 1 de ustedes en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia. Un abrazo.
Meet him at a remote blues joint late 80s I was a punk and what a bad ass he is. Brilliant!
O vocal desse cara está cada vez melhor.
Notice how this admiring crowd naturally react to the tones of the OIL! Perfect!
Music Speaks Volumes!! Gold Peter❤
Trabalho fora da cidade de SP, na auto estrada para Jundiaí-SP, tenho o hábito de sempre fazer status da pista com áudio de alguma música anos 90 ao fundo, até hoje meu recorde de visualizações foi com essa belíssima e clássica música.. viva aos australianos do midnigth oil.
What a great song!!! Another Oils great. Have not heard this in a long time!
🤣🤣🤣
Wow yet awesome🎉
Midnight Oil doing what they do best inspiring songs with a meaning and proyection
great song, excellent sound !!
Ouço essa musica ha mais ou menos 20 anos e nunca vou parar de ouvir
Assisti ao vivaço No Sesc Porto Alegre 97
I love the instrumentation on this one
So good
Está musica estará eternamente no meu set list
VIVA AUSTRALIA
O vocal desse cara está cada vez melhor.
Viva aborigenals
Assisti ao vivaço em 97 no sesc em porto...frio...lotado.
Viva australia comme midnight oil