Original video located here. Accessed 14th September 2021
Song title: My Country
Artist: Midnight Oil
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
This song is pretty much what one can expect from Midnight Oil: A song based around a riff (in this case the piano figure), some loud drums, furious guitar and a delivery from Peter Garrett that's both passionate and pissed off. So yeah, playing to one's strengths.
What I find particularly interesting is that this song's parent album, Earth Sun and Moon, is not well regarded by the Oils fans, with common criticisms being that it sounds like a band not only standing still but taking root. Me? I think it's one of their best. It certainly has aged better than the production-heavy eighties efforts and, as this song demonstrates, still holds relevance in this current era (unfortunately).
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