"Best of Both Worlds" Midnight Oil

So tonight before I go off to sleep I am feeling a bit flat so if your looking for a good song idea to use somewhere..... tough luck!! this one's for me...
"Best of Both Worlds" is I believe the last song I will ever hear the Oils play live!! This was at Waveaid to raise money for Tsunami Relief and befitting their status and live reputation the Oils closed the show in the smoke of a red flare and the chance for P.Garrett to call the band down for a bow front of stage that was denied them by originally winding things up nearly 2 years earlier at Tweed Heads Leagues club. BUT more fitting was the choice of song.... the Oils going flat out [albeit a bit puffed and out of nick] reminding us all what a lucky country we live in and that while times might be tough here we really do have it pretty good!!

"Best of Both Worlds"
You say times are tough
We've got the best of both worlds here
Things are rough
We've got the best of both worlds here
Times are tough
We've got the best of both worlds here

The real world is not as calm as it appears to be from here
The real world is not as calm as it appears to be from here

The old world is not as safe with the new world closing in
The great south land can be as great as the one it could have been
The one it could have been

The real world is not as calm as it appears to be from here
The small world is not as strong and the testing ground is near
The old world is not as safe as the one we could have seen
The great south land can be as great as the one it could have been
The one it could have been

We've got the best of both worlds

Because of their wide range of songs the Oils could play with this energy from song one at any gig. Music is taste driven and so this may not be on your list BUT in unbiased fashion I can say I have never seen a concert crowd going off from the first note as much as at Oils gigs. The sense of anticipation was always palpable and the support band had long since rudely been dispatched with the chant of "Oooiiillllssss!" ringing in their ears!

Peter felt so bad for "Tall Tales and True" who tried gamely one night at the Enmore... even pleading that they had grown up Oils fans too and could people please just give them a few songs... their set was cut short and on went the show!!

A band called "Horsehead" tried hard at "Selina's' at the Coogee Bay Hotel, they were pretty heavy rock and drowned out the chant BUT one bloke was obviously yelling so loud the veins on the side of neck were bulging and the lead singer threatened to throw a VB can at him and to 'take it out to the carpark' after the set!!

Anyhow apparently we've got the best of both worlds here!!