Midnight Oil "Song a Day" #4 "Stand in Line"

The early surf rock, slightly punk and driven music of the Oils!!! And we saw at Selina's at Coogee, that Bones can indeed play it... but I've chosen this Giffo version for day 4!!

It predates my own awareness of the Oils except as scratchy noise my mates used to listen to and it took a good late listen to 10,9,8... for me to get hooked... love the raw energy of this band!! This is a song that speaks of it's early sound, before D&D, before BSM and at the same time you hear more than any other Friday night pub band. The musicians and the chemistry and the notion of a band that believed in the power of making statements and reflecting on life as punters knew it!!! A great song from a great concert event!! Not only that but the tag line for many 'powderworkers' posts from sound check on the current tour... "everything's set, everything's fine..."

"Stand in Line"
Oh get down, getting down, so much money in the ground
For the people who don't deserve it now
It's a circus we're the clowns as the giant ones disown
Every bit of something we call home
Said it's a pity 'bout the middle class Holden mass
We get a bit to play around with doesn't really matter
They kid us with their dole, kid us with the dope
But generally speaking, nobody's got a hope
We're playing the music of the middle-aged queens
Getting fatter and fatter and splitting their jeans
It's all the same, we're out in the cold
The good ones died, the others just got old
Everything's set, everything's fine
You just got to stand in line
Oh everything's set, everything's fine
You just…