#bedsareburning

[markusdreesen]

Eine Folge darüber, dass sich Engagement lohnt und auch Spaß machen kann - gerade in Zeiten wie diesen auch ein bisschen tröstlich. Jetzt die Episode zu #BedsAreBurning von #MidnightOil bei #100malMusiklegenden hören, liebhaben und weitersagen 🥰 Links in Bio #podcast #musicpodcast #musicstories #musicstory #storytelling #musichistory #thestorybehind #musiclegends #musicoftheEighties #musicoftheeightiesrocks (hier: Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVE9NKs_aP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sinojikai]

@demosforadifference “Australis” (#australis) is track 134 of 191 :) On Australis: “This was a last-minute addition. I felt this song would be extremely topical; I felt it was when I improvised the piano part on tape for an Instagram poetry series in May, and when I wrote the initial words in January. “Beds are burning.” Or at least they were. The sense of bedlam and reckoning has not fully relented... not just since January, but since 2016 or so, quite frankly. The full attack of the wave began then; tapering slightly, it crested around now. Like a larger echo. Apocalypse has come to mind for all of us. ‘End times’. And so the final refrain goes: ‘Sing us out in key, our chiefest hope, our chiefest chief.’ And of course, one can mishear ‘chiefest’ as ‘cheapest’, which I love. Let us always be reassured. Surely we resurrect... but when? And what sort of renewal deal are we exactly due, without our due investment? Sing us out in key... let us sing a new tune, one of a fresher floridity. I’m up for it. Whatever you deem suiting, to deem this transitory period... I am happy to walk with you.” #bedsareburning #singersongwriter #pianist #avantpop #poet #artist #recluse #demosforadifference #anotherdayforth #welcometheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CCLWOKrAqvp/?igshid=w417ge3sgt33

[sinojikai]

“How can we stop when our #bedsareburning?” #day6 #may6 #jan6. Indeed the #australia fires seem so long ago now. But they happened fairly recently, and for many, like with this virus and like with the momentary conflict with Iran (which, I suppose, still lingers though perhaps on hold), many thought it indicated end times — or at least, as many more will concur, times of great shift in how we even can approach life. I wrote this poem as a tribute to the continent as well as as a message of #faith and plea to the #powersthatbe that we make it through to our next destination in reckoning & salvation. #everythingisaprayer. We must #prayforpeace. As one said to me, it is not the destination; peace is the path. It lies within us all and resurges from us all when things our most chaotic. May the fires be a reflection of our inborn, God-given #power and #humility. May this whole year be that actually. #2020 #2020s #fire #bushfires #poetsofinstagram #catalyst #upheaval #paradigmshift #cherish #peace #apocalypse #justthebeginning #onlythestrongsurvive #youarestrong https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2rzOPAu4p/?igshid=po9gmhwjb9yx

[sandradeprinsac]

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[natashatdsamani-blog]

Beds are burning * * * * #bedsareburning #midnightoil #nowplaying #AppleMusic #nowplaying▶ #nowplaying🎧 #nowplaying▶️ #mylifeinmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B549EwEpZuF/?igshid=q68t0izvh49c

[elrefugiodelabuenamusica]

Beds Are Burning (1987)

Artista: Midnight Oil (Australia)

Álbum: Diesel and Dust

Año: 1987

Compositores: Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie; Peter Garrett

Género: Canción de protesta

Sello: Columbia Records

Letra

Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty-five degrees

The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning? How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent now, to pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore, east to Yuendemu The Western Desert lives and breathes In forty-five degrees

The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning? How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent now, to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[greyweirdboy-blog]

1. How can we walk on the path we are destroying 2. How do we remain unfazed with all the chaos we are creating 3. How can we aspire not to make a change 4. When sadness seems to be our fate 5. How can we destroy ecosystems while animals bleed 6. How do we still suffocate on our greed 7. How can we not pursue something that is within our range 8. Together we shall rise, it’s not too late!

1. and 2. Tired 3. and 4. Jojo 5. and 6. A. Weird 7. and 8. Everyone

The verses that you just read are the continuation of the lyrics to the song “Beds are Burning” by the Australian band Midnight Oil. They were created by all the three elements in our group as a task for an English class. To be able to fully perceive the meaning of the song the three of us analyzed it and together brainstormed. We came to the agreement that we would be mostly addressing climate change and its effects on the world that we live in and the human inaction regarding it. After that, we all took part in the composition of the lyrics and made the necessary changes in order for everything to rhyme. Now we will proceed to the explanation of the lyrics, which will be done two by two. The first two verses are about the lack of empathy and remorse that the humankind is currently showing towards the environment and its inhabitants. Following that, we refer the inevitability of the consequences of our actions. The fifth and the sixth verses are an allusion to the extinction of various species. Besides that, we also use the expression “suffocate” as an analogy to the serious coal problem in Australia that is leading to the emission of high levels of CO2 gas. The last two verses are pretty straightforward and we believe that all of you can figure out the meaning of them. Next on we will proceed to talk about the most “technical” aspects of our task. Basically, we called each other through Skype and together we searched the web to find something in the theme of the song that would catch our eye. We decided that we wanted mostly to refer environmental problems in Australia and we couldn’t be more surprised by the immensity of them. It truly broke our hearth to see such a paradise of wild life being completely torn apart by our greed and thirst for money and power. We just hope that all of the future generations don’t fall on the same traps as we did and please try to keep the world a beautiful place. -A. Weird -Jojo -Tired

[fontyk]

One band down, one more to go before @midnightoilband #adelaideoval #bedsareburning #radelaide #aussierock (at Village Green - Adelaide Oval Members Area)