Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
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Artist: Midnight OilEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Beds Are Burning
- Put Down That Weapon
- Dreamworld
- Arctic World
- Warakurna
- The Dead Heart
- Whoah
- Bullroarer
- Sell My Soul
- Sometimes
Free Music Notes for Diesel and Dust
Free Music Review: This Land Don't Change and We Don't Leave
Hit: 5 Stars
More than anything else, Diesel and Dust seems like a love letter to the land, people, and culture of Australia. Some of the songs explore themes familiar to long time listeners of the band, such as the anti-war "Put Down That Weapon", but for the most part the album is a well crafted look at the culture of Australia that Midnight Oil wanted to protect and defend ("Bullroarer"). This is the "land of wide open spaces" referred to on 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1's "Maralinga", a precious commodity being encroached upon by the modern world ("Warakurna", "Dreamworld"). It's also a land of traditions and cultures maligned ("Beds Are Burning", "The Dead Heart"). Midnight Oil reminds us not to give up what is most precious to us, that the fight is always worth the effort ("Sell My Soul") even if we get knocked around a little ("Sometimes"). Not only are these messages delivered with poignant, insightful lyrics, but with stirring anthemic music, evocative of the very land they champion. This was a masterpiece when it was released and it has stood the test of time. One need not be Australian to get the point of these songs. Change the place names to cities and deserts in the States (or any other country) and the message remains the same. Protect what you have before its gone, embrace your cultural roots, and fight for what you hold dear.
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Few would claim that Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett is the world's greatest rock vocalist, but he clearly means what he sings. On Diesel and Dust, Garrett and company serve up a collection of solid pop-rock songs that follow the groundwork laid by their early albums. Intrinsic to their sound is a guitars-bass-drums attack spiced occasionally with horns and keyboards and capped with Garrett's throaty vocals. Garrett's lyrics on Deisel and Dust are noteworthy because they are not about love or personal relationships but instead address larger issues. "Beds Are Burning" is a call to return the land expropriated from Australia's aboriginal peoples, while "The Dead Heart" and "Bullroarer" celebrate their rich cultural heritage. Many bands and artists have made some sort of political or social concern apparent in their work, but few have done so as consistently, dedicatedly, and tunefully as Midnight Oil. --Al MassaDigipak reissue of 1987 album. 2001.
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