Pam Anders
Bad Ass Bass Gal
Cover Recorded: July 2021
Beds are Burning
Original Artist: Midnight Oil
Originally Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Composer (s): Peter Garrett. Robert Hirst, James Moginie
Lyricist: Peter Garrett
Song Facts: From Songfacts
Midnight Oil performed this in front of a worldwide audience of billions, (including Prime Minister John Howard, who has claimed it as his favorite Midnight Oil song) at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The whole band were dressed in black, with the words “sorry” printed conspicuously on their clothes. This was a reference to the Prime Minister’s refusal to apologize, on behalf of Australia, to the Aboriginal Australians for the way they have been treated over the last 200 years.
This won Best Single and Best Song at the 1988 ARIA Awards (the album also won Best Cover Art). Gary Morris, the band’s manager, accepted the prizes on behalf of the group and got into a tiff with Australian music journalist Molly Meldrum when he declared he didn’t like the evening’s choice of presenters, particularly Bryan Ferry. Morris made a snide remark about Ferry’s stylishly wrinkled suit, causing Meldrum to leap to the Roxy Music leader’s defense. Morris later explained the problem was that Ferry was a Brit presenting an Australian award: “I had an attitude about bringing over offshore artists to present at a local awards.”
Midnight Oil performed this in front of a worldwide audience of billions, (including Prime Minister John Howard, who has claimed it as his favorite Midnight Oil song) at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The whole band were dressed in black, with the words “sorry” printed conspicuously on their clothes. This was a reference to the Prime Minister’s refusal to apologize, on behalf of Australia, to the Aboriginal Australians for the way they have been treated over the last 200 years.
This won Best Single and Best Song at the 1988 ARIA Awards (the album also won Best Cover Art). Gary Morris, the band’s manager, accepted the prizes on behalf of the group and got into a tiff with Australian music journalist Molly Meldrum when he declared he didn’t like the evening’s choice of presenters, particularly Bryan Ferry. Morris made a snide remark about Ferry’s stylishly wrinkled suit, causing Meldrum to leap to the Roxy Music leader’s defense. Morris later explained the problem was that Ferry was a Brit presenting an Australian award: “I had an attitude about bringing over offshore artists to present at a local awards.”
20 Responses
Wow Pam that bass sounds brilliant!
THUMP!
Great job for sure!
Absolutely fantastical.
That is a fast line to keep in perfect time like you did.
Thank you John. People underestimate the potential of the small but mighty Hofner.
Great, is this song in original playing on HoffnerBass?
Greatings
Thank you!
No it was not originally played on a Hofner. I don’t know what kind of bass Bones played.
Another great cover and video as usual Pam! Never heard the song before but I liked it.
Great job !
Thank you very much Jerry…
Great job Pam,
Loved the video and the pic of bones at the end.
Another great Aussie band 🙂
Cheers Brian
Thanks Brian
Rock on!!!! That was awesome Pam
Thank you April 🙂
Outstanding Pam. That was some fast tempo and you did a great job nailing it! Keep up the great work my friend.
Thank you JD
Great Job Pam. That was awesome sauce. You sounded perfect. You are an inspiration to me and I’m sure to many. God Bless and keep Rocking.
Thank you very much Alex!
Hey Pam, Great cover and really really really good tone! You have inspired yet again. Thank you. PS: Sorry for the delayed response, I have such a busy life. Stay safe. Regards Ian
Oh and if you like a challenge, you should have a look at “Living in the 70s” by The Skyhooks, another iconic Aussie band
Thank you very much Ian. I will check out that song you recommended. \
Pam
Hi Pam
Really enjoyed your post, your playing and video. I like it that you have a “thing” about Aussie music! (from Australia)
Thank you Louanne,
There is lots of great music out of Australia. I appreciate good music from around the world.
Pam
Wow, great job Pam
I don’t know how I missed this one before, but glad I found it now.
Great endurance on this one, its a finger burner thats for sure.
Excellent video editing as always,
great job
Thanks Toby!
Pam