"Beds Are Burning" is from Midnight Oil's 1987 album Diesel and Dust and became the band's biggest international hit, reaching #17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the UK Singles Chart, and the Top 10 in several countries. The powerful protest anthem calls for the return of land to Australia's Indigenous peoples, particularly the Pintupi. Its lyrics were inspired by the band's 1986 tour of remote Aboriginal communities, where they witnessed firsthand the effects of displacement and poor living conditions.
In 2000 during the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, Midnight Oil performed wearing black suits emblazoned with the word "SORRY" without prior approval from Olympic organizers as a protest against the Australian government's refusal to formally apologize to the Stolen Generations. Frontman Peter Garrett has long used the band's music and public appearances as a platform for political activism.
Happy #CanadaDay ๐จ๐ฆ
Today we celebrate Canada and a nation coming together to help finish Terry's marathon against cancer. โค๏ธ
#TerryFox#FinishIt
Legend (1985) is a 95 minute movie of lovingly crafted escapism and feels like a fantasy painting come to life! Scottโs contribution to the fantasy cycle is dark and often scary and features an unrecognisable Tim Curry, who as always is excellent!!!
Brian May wrote โWho Wants to Live Foreverโ after seeing the scene where Connor MacLeod watches his wife grow old while he remains unchanged in HIGHLANDER (1986). That heartbreak became one of Queenโs greatest songs.
โCry Little Sisterโ and THE LOST BOYS (1987) are basically inseparable. The song doesnโt just play in the movie. It feels like the movie. The second those vocals start, youโre back on the Santa Carla boardwalk surrounded by vampires and neon lights.
Wishing a Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough. Thank you for the knowledge, passion, and hope youโve passed on to all of us.
Celebrate 100 years of Sir David Attenborough with Ocean with David Attenborough on @DisneyPlus and @hulu