A diverse group of 55 musicians and celebrities — including Lily Allen, Milla Jovovich, Bob Geldof, Duran Duran, Fergie, Jet Li and Jamie Cullum — have lent their voices to a cover of Midnight Oil’s classic ‘Beds are Burning’, a musical petition by the Time For Climate Justice campaign to “demand climate justice at the UN’s Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December”.
One notable voice is absent, however.
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What do you reckon? Is it the new ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ or ‘We are the world’?
I can’t believe Midnight Oil agreed to this. The irony is mind-blowing. Peter Garrett must be quietly going insane.
Tags for every performer? Pay-o-lah!
The Oils must be most chuffed!
Lay off Garrett – he can only respond to what is already delineated in standing law. Also, Australia has a system of ministerial decision making and government. He’s probably a lone voice, and I’m confident that he does his very best.
And, is the Minister for the Environment and the Arts even included in the Cabinet?
It’s a good international version of Beds are Burning. The Oils aren’t making a single dime from this.
I hope that this monumental, albeit re-worked Oz song, has some real impact.
This effort is woosy and pathetic.