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.
What do you reckon? Is it the new ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ or ‘We are the world’?
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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.