Midnight Oil: Political Songs

The words ring like a gunshot even today: "How do we sleep while our beds are burning"? Sydney's Midnight Oil blended politics and pop into an art form throughout its 25 years together, thanking the workingman and combating crooked kings with handclaps and harmonies. Environmental activism looms large through the Oils' catalogue and lead singer Peter Garrett began to change the world from the inside, leaving music for political office in 2004.