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Sep 13, 2026
TonyHOST
Mm.
Peter Lea-SmithGUEST
I, I love all of that older stuff, Noize Works, Midnight Oil, U2.
Peter Lea-SmithGUEST
Um, I'm, I'm very flexible in my music.
Peter Lea-SmithGUEST
I, I...
Justin WilsonHOST
Playlist diving.
Justin WilsonHOST
So I was able to finish my first pass on Verve Pipe and Midnight Oil.
Justin WilsonHOST
And I made a bunch of cuts to Midnight Oil.
Justin WilsonHOST
I'm going to finish my Midnight Oil cuts and I'm going to make my Verve Pipe cuts this week.
Justin WilsonHOST
I'm not going to add anything new because I'm doing it.
Justin WilsonHOST
I'm finally going to start listening to the Kishi Bashi playlist so I can start looking to try to get that on the books before the end of the year.
Suzanne HillHOST
For the Brisbane Festival, which is on now, they're coming together for a special show exploring how cultural legacy is passed down through the generations through music.
Suzanne HillHOST
Tonight, they've programmed a playlist for you I think you're going to love, from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan to Midnight Oil and Archie Roach.
Suzanne HillHOST
These musos have helped shape these two First Nations artists' lives and music, so let Let's find out why.
Suzanne HillHOST
Welcome, Graeme.
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Suzanne HillHOST
We have with us tonight Graham Brady and his nephew, Junker G, who are playing you some of the songs that have influenced them the most.
Suzanne HillHOST
Junker G, I'll go back to you.
Suzanne HillHOST
You're about to play Midnight Oil and Beds Are Burning for us.
JungajiGUEST
Oh, man, that just takes me back to my, you know, adolescent days and seeing, you know, Uncle Peter Garrett there doing that, you know, that famous shake of that leg there.
Ali WilliamsHOST
That's so good.
Ali WilliamsHOST
I remember going to a Midnight Oil show once.
Ali WilliamsHOST
I think it was the first show I went to when I was 18.
Ali WilliamsHOST
And they had all their hits on a chocolate wheel and they spun it and landed on their play.
Alex TeichertPANELIST
No.
Jason SmithHOST
We need Midnight Oil.
Alex TeichertPANELIST
Absolutely
Jason SmithHOST
not.
Mike HarmonHOST
heads are
Jason SmithHOST
turning? ACDC.
Jason SmithHOST
Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue.
Jason SmithHOST
Men at Work.
Jason SmithHOST
A little Crowded House.
Jason SmithHOST
We did get Ice House, and we did get a little bit of Midnight Oil.
Jason SmithHOST
But is this King
Mike HarmonHOST
Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard?
MarkHOST
I can't think of a third one.
MarkHOST
Well, there's Midnight Oil and the Divinals.
MarkHOST
They're like fourth and fifth.
MarkHOST
No.
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MarkHOST
It's kind of like, what is that girl that talks like that? Ethel Merman I don't know but
Andy RodriguezPANELIST
I'm thinking about that's what I'm trying to think about because I got the sound of my voice I can't think I know
MarkHOST
there's somebody who sounds like him as a woman Betty Davis yeah Betty Davis yeah Midnight Oil sounds like if Betty Davis had a rock band
Jerry SupeHOST
oh my
Matty OHOST
Colin, as a fan of Australian music, back in the early 80s, there were five albums that you had to have.
Matty OHOST
Midnight Oil, Tender One, Cold Chisel East, Spirit of Place, Gawanna, Boys Light Up, Australian Crawl, and Men at Work, Business as Usual.
Matty OHOST
That's a pretty good top five, right?
Colin HayGUEST
I think so.
Allan MitchellHOST
The memory she goes.
Allan MitchellHOST
Oh, don't forget, "Beds are burning" by Midnight Oil.
Allan MitchellHOST
Yes.
Allan MitchellHOST
Um, and Andy Gibb, while we're talking about the, the, uh, Bee Gees.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I just know I'm wrong.
AngeHOST
choice yeah that was the first hit from the debut self-titled album of midnight oil and the song was run by night from 1978 that album's also called the blue album or the blue meanie and of course that song was the first of many many hits for this iconic aussie rock band And before that was a funky tune from the late, great Renee Geyer.
AngeHOST
Wasn't she such a versatile musician? She released 15 studio albums covering, well, pretty much all genres.
AngeHOST
And she was a very sought after backing singer as well.
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