關於這個團,光聽團名就很有意思,台灣樂迷翻譯成「午夜石油合唱團」,


事實上,在英文裡Midnight Oil有「開夜車」的說法,


有句成語「焚膏繼晷」不就叫「Burn the midnight oil」?


 


還記得以前當學生常常開夜車夜讀,一面苦中作樂的聽著Midnight Oil 的專輯,


那個挑燈夜戰聽著AB版卡帶,外加AM, FM電台的全盛的時期,從未在年少的記憶中消失。


Midnight Oil一直以來都是眾搖滾樂評口中的社會政治歌曲詮釋與實踐的最佳代表團體,


主唱Peter Garrett不僅能創作詞曲,擁有法律系高學位的他更是一位堅實公義的基督徒,


從他的音樂創作理念中,融合了政治批判、社會關懷、種族文化、環保生態等多元議題。


1987年轟然推出的專輯「Diesel and Dust」,在美國排行榜上獲得了廣大的迴響,


曾經盤踞全英Top 6,全美Top 17的「Beds Are Burning」展現獨樹一幟的搖滾風貌。


來看MV!


Beds Are Burning –

Midnight Oil

http://birdbbs.idv.tw/~topmuzik/summer/Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning.mpg



Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fairs fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A facts a fact
It belongs to them
Lets give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep when our beds are burning

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From kintore east to yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

(live - on scream in blue
The time has come
A facts a fact
It belongs to us all
Lets give it back)



 



 


 

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