Midnight Oil Diesel And Dust (1987)
Music and Social Protest are proper bedfellows.\xa0 The inclusion of human struggle against its own society goes back as far as the birth of human civilization.\xa0
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\r\nIn the mid 80\u2019s, the US became infatuated with a continent a half a world away on the exact opposite side of the globe.\xa0 At the dawning of the MTV generation, we were introduced to Olivia Newton John getting physical, and to Mad Max fighting a roving band of post-apocalyptic biker savages battling over a hot dry desert.\xa0 Australia was a euro society, but one that seemed almost archaic yet cosmic, almost like another planet than another country.
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\r\nThen suddenly, we were baptized in full Australian lore in 1986 with the movie Crocodile Dundee.\xa0
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\r\nSuddenly, America was infatuated with Australian culture and we couldn\u2019t get enough of it.\xa0 In the middle of the Australian craze, one piece of art stood out above all the others and that\u2019s where we focus today.
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\r\nIn this episode of Our Favorite Albums, we head to the Land Down Under to break down Midnight Oil's album, Diesel and Dust.