Editing Midnight Oil (section)

== Legacy ==
Midnight Oil initially faced resistance from the [[mainstream media]],<ref>{{cite episode|title=Peter Garrett|series=Sounds|series-link=Sounds (Australian TV series)|first=Donnie|last=Sutherland|author-link=Donnie Sutherland|network=[[Seven Network]]|date=6 December 1980|quote=There's not a great deal of press outside of the rock magazines, and radio have been reluctant to play [Midnight Oil] records.}}</ref> but went on to sell over 20 million albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/midnight-oil-announces-2022-tour-will-be-their-last-ever-20211125-p59c4n.html|title=Midnight Oil announces 2022 tour will be the last|last=Zuel|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Zuel|date=26 November 2021|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref> They were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] in 2006, having won 11 [[ARIA Awards]] during their career.<ref name=hof>{{cite web|url= http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |title= ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame inductees listing |publisher= [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] |access-date= 20 October 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080802221754/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |archive-date= 2 August 2008 |url-status= dead |df= dmy }}</ref><ref name=ariahof>{{cite web|url= http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title= Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher= [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |access-date= 25 October 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090202052952/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |archive-date= 2 February 2009 }}</ref> [[AllMusic]] noted that the band "brought a new sense of political and social immediacy to pop music", and were "inspirational and successful in their homeland",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/midnight-oil-mn0000405903/biography|title=Midnight Oil: Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> while critic [[Bernard Zuel]] wrote, "It's been said of Midnight Oil that 'this is what Australia sounds like'."<ref name="zuel">{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/03/1038712934982.html|title=The sun sets on Midnight Oil|last=Zuel|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Zuel|date=4 December 2002|website=[[The Age]]|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref> Author [[Tim Winton]] remarked, "It was almost too much to believe that rock music could be about anything but itself. You know: life on the road and the inconvenience of [[Venereal disease|VD]]. Dicks and chicks. [[Faux Americana]]. Finally someone was playing stuff that was musically idiosyncratic, fresh and strong. And authentic."<ref name="zuel" /> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' founder [[Bob Guccione Jr.]] said of Midnight Oil, "If they were from New Jersey they'd be bigger than [[U2]]."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Guccione|first=Bob Jr.|author-link=Bob Guccione Jr.|date=April 1990|title=10 best by Bob Guccione Jr|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|pages=50}}</ref> ''[[Guardian Australia|Guardian]]'' writer Andrew Street called them "one of Australia's most beloved bands".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/jun/05/midnight-oil-should-they-reform|title=Midnight Oil: should they reform?|last=Street|first=Andrew|date=5 June 2014|website=[[Guardian Australia|Guardian]]|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>

The group have influenced international acts such as [[Green Day]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/music/green-day-down-under/2005/12/14/1134500885995.html|title=Green Day down under|date=14 December 2005|website=[[The Age]]|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> [[R.E.M.]],<ref>{{cite journal|date=January 1996|title=REM: Really Excellent Music|journal=[[Rip It Up (New Zealand)|Rip It Up]]|publisher=Hark Entertainment Ltd|quote=Our early stuff was definitely informed by groups like... Midnight Oil.}}</ref> [[Pearl Jam]],<ref name="duran">{{cite web|url=http://spotlightreport.net/on-the-spot-2/concert_reviews/on-the-spot-eddie-vedder-live-in-canberra-review|title=On the spot: Eddie Vedder – Live in Canberra|last=Duran|first=Jorge|date=17 March 2011|website=Spotlight Report|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]],<ref>{{cite journal|date=16 October 2002|title=M-One Rock Fest, 7 October|journal=[[Inpress]]|publisher=Street Press Australia|quote=[Shirley] Manson spoke effusively about The Oils' influence on her band's work.}}</ref> [[The Cranberries]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-cranberries-mn0000784814/related|title=The Cranberries: Related|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> [[Biffy Clyro]],<ref name="fawbert">{{cite web|url=https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/biffy-clyros-ultimate-playlist/80784|title=Biffy Clyro's Ultimate Playlist|last=Fawbert|first=Dave|date=6 July 2016|website=[[ShortList]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Candlebox]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westword.com/music/all-fired-up-5053713|title=All fired up|last=Rodgers|first=Ellie|date=16 February 1994|website=[[Westword]]|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> [[Maná]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/man%C3%A1-mn0000673621/related|title=Maná: Related|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> [[Hot Water Music]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/55092/interviews-chuck-ragan|title=Chuck Ragan|last=Gentile|first=John|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Punknews.org|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> and [[Shades Apart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revelationrecords.com/band/131|title=Shades Apart|publisher=[[Revelation Records]]|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> as well as Australian performers like [[Crowded House]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/crowded-house-mn0000130173/related|title=Crowded House: Related|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> [[Powderfinger]],<ref>{{cite book|author1=Scatena, Dino|author2=Powderfinger|date=2011|title=Powderfinger: Footprints|publisher=[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Australia]]|page=240|isbn=978-0-7336-2882-5|quote=Midnight Oil invited the Fingers to join them on the bill of the Woodford Folk Festival. It was a show that had a profound effect on the band... they watched Midnight Oil perform. The whole experience reinforced the concept of blending social consciousness with musicianship of the highest calibre.}}</ref> [[The Living End]],<ref name="yates">{{cite web|url=http://rollingstoneaus.com/playlists/post/my-life-in-10-songs-chris-cheney/3824|title=My Life in 10 Songs: Chris Cheney|last=Yates|first=Rod|date=13 May 2016|website=[[Rolling Stone Australia]]|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131133/http://rollingstoneaus.com/playlists/post/my-life-in-10-songs-chris-cheney/3824|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[John Butler (musician)|John Butler]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/why-midnight-oils-return-to-the-world-stage-is-timely-for-a-new-generation-of-musicians/news-story/9b779952298dea9d923727e1020439c2|title=Support acts tell why Midnight Oil matters|date=25 February 2017|website=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=16 January 2018|quote=John Butler cited The Oils... as the inspiration for him to make music which would 'contribute to a better world and for it to shine light into the shadows'... he said The Oils 'will always be a group that musicians and individuals to look up to'.}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> [[DMA's]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/music/music-interview-dma-s-we-like-to-give-a-high-energy-rock-n-roll-set-with-a-few-acoustic-tunes-throughout-1-8682324|title=Music interview – DMA's|last=Newton|first=Tom|date=3 August 2017|website=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> and [[Tim Freedman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Music/Oz-rocks-hard-place/2004/12/27/1103996480740.html|title=Oz rock's hard place|last=Mordue|first=Mark|date=28 December 2004|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> R.E.M. frontman [[Michael Stipe]] described Peter Garrett as a "brilliant" songwriter who is "able to imagine a situation, put [himself] into it and write about it", adding, "That, to me, is incredible".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/rem-time-record-challenges-92131/4|title=REM on Out Of Time: 'This is a record of challenges'|last=Pinnock|first=Tom|date=26 August 2016|website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> Crowded House singer [[Neil Finn]] went on to have multiple collaborations with Jim Moginie, whom he called "a great guy and an amazing guitar player".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Neil Finn|series=120 Minutes|series-link=120 Minutes|network=[[MTV2]]|station=[[Viacom Media Networks]]|date=21 July 2002}}</ref> Biffy Clyro vocalist [[Simon Neil]] said of Midnight Oil, "Every night for about three weeks, driving home from the studio I would just put '[[Beds Are Burning]]' on, just on loop... They're a really underrated band."<ref name="fawbert" /> The Living End founder [[Chris Cheney]] reported that his ensemble listened to "a lot of [Midnight Oil's] ''[[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]]'' and ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'', and were blown away by their fearlessness in not being shackled to a style".<ref name="yates" /> The group have also inspired artists outside the realm of popular music, including poet [[Daniel Nester]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/midnight-oils-time-has-come-again-2495392780.html|title=Midnight Oil's Time Has Come Again|last=Nester|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Nester|date=7 May 2017|website=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> and painter [[Nicholas Harding]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/news/art-of-music-event-raises-over-dollar263k-for-charity|title=Jenny Morris' Art Of Music raises over $263k for charity|last=Eliezer|first=Christie|date=27 June 2016|website=[[The Music Network]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

Midnight Oil's songs have been covered by performers such as Pearl Jam<ref>{{cite book|last1=Corbett|first1=Bernard M|last2=Harkins|first2=Thomas Edward|date=2016|title=Pearl Jam FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Seattle's Most Enduring Band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsFwDQAAQBAJ&q=%22pearl+jam%22+%22beds+are+burning%22+cover&pg=PT337|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Backbeat Books]]|isbn=978-1-61713-612-2|quote=Midnight Oil... had a huge commercial hit with 1987's 'Beds Are Burning'. Pearl Jam covered the song twice over the course of four days during a trip to Australia during the Fall 2006 Tour.}}</ref> (and frontman [[Eddie Vedder]] solo<ref name="duran" />), U2,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weldon|first=Jason|date=21 November 2006|title=U2 still showing young pretenders how it's done|journal=[[Drum Media]]|publisher=Treweek|quote=The 19 November Melbourne audience was treated to a short cover of The Oils' 'Beds Are Burning'.}}</ref> [[Patti Smith]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/03/patti-smith-review-brighton-charismatic-goof-punk-rock-poet|title=Patti Smith review – so charismatic she can goof up all she likes|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=3 June 2018|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> [[The Killers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/09/30/everyone-loves-the-killers-for-playing-a-very-political-midnight-oil-song-at-afl-grand-final_a_23228049/|title=Everyone Loves The Killers For Playing (A Very Political) Midnight Oil Song At AFL Grand Final|last=Sharwood|first=Anthony|date=30 September 2017|website=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Imagine Dragons]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themusic.com.au/music/livereviews/2015/09/07/imagine-dragons-margaret-court-arena-michael-prebeg/|title=Imagine Dragons, British India – Melbourne Park|last=Prebeg|first=Michael|date=2 September 2015|website=TheMusic.com.au|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Silverchair]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/a-look-back-at-15-of-the-most-memorable-aria-awards-performances/852344|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125131114/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/a-look-back-at-15-of-the-most-memorable-aria-awards-performances/852344|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2016|title=A look back at 15 of the most memorable ARIA Awards performances|last=Mann|first=Tom|date=24 November 2015|publisher=[[Junkee Media]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[Tom Morello]] (as [[The Nightwatchman]]),<ref name="penn">{{cite web|url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/big-day-out-flemington-racecourse-melbourne-28012008/790193|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117013712/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/big-day-out-flemington-racecourse-melbourne-28012008/790193|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2018|title=Big Day Out @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (28/01/2008)|last=Penn|first=Barbara|date=4 February 2008|publisher=[[Junkee Media]]|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> [[Billy Bragg]]<ref name="penn" /> and [[Anti-Flag]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s2168864.htm|title=Like A Version – Anti-Flag|date=22 January 2008|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> U2 singer [[Bono]] recorded a speech for Midnight Oil's ARIA Hall of Fame induction, sections of which aired intermittently. He recited the chorus lyrics of their song "Forgotten Years" and hailed the outfit as an "extraordinary" band whose music "brought people's differences together; not to resolve them, just to get them in the same room, up each other's noses".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Midnight Oil's ARIA Hall of Fame induction|series=''[[ARIA Music Awards of 2006]]''|network=[[Network Ten]]|station=[[Ten Network Holdings]]|date=29 October 2006}}</ref> Killers vocalist [[Brandon Flowers]] said, "I wish I'd written 'Forgotten Years'... That song touches my heart."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/killers-brandon-flowers-on-mormonism-mr-brightside-w502365|title=Killers' Brandon Flowers on Mormonism, Why 'Mr. Brightside' Is Bigger Than Ever|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=12 September 2017|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> Midnight Oil's music is the subject of 2001 tribute album ''The Power & The Passion'', which features covers by several mainstream rock acts from Australia and New Zealand, including [[Something for Kate]], [[Regurgitator]], [[Grinspoon]], [[Jebediah]], [[Augie March]] and [[Shihad]].<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Various artists|date=2001|title=The Power & The Passion|medium=CD|publisher=Trademark Records (Australia)|id=TM013}}</ref> In 2009, a version of "Beds Are Burning" was recorded by numerous musicians – among them [[Duran Duran]], [[Lily Allen]], [[Bob Geldof]], [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], [[Mark Ronson]] and [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] – in protest of global warming and climate change.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/oct/01/lily-allen-celebrity-climate-campaign|title=Lily Allen and Duran Duran launch celebrity climate campaign track|last=Chrisafis|first=Angelique|date=1 October 2009|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>

Music journalist [[Kurt Loder]] once noted that Midnight Oil were "reputed to be Australia's most formidable live act";<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/men-at-work-out-to-lunch-19830623|title=Men at Work: Out to Lunch|last=Loder|first=Kurt|author-link=Kurt Loder|date=23 June 1983|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> Tomas Mureika in [[AllMusic]] argued they were "the tightest band on the planet for a time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-of-both-worlds-mw0000467837|title=Midnight Oil: ''Best of Both Worlds''|last=Mureika|first=Tomas|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> Writer [[John O'Donnell (music journalist)|John O'Donnell]] said that the group's performances "quickly became the stuff of legend and earned the band a large and fiercely loyal following".<ref>{{cite journal|last=O'Donnell|first=John|author-link=John O'Donnell (music journalist)|date=April 1990|title=Oil burns in the Outback|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|pages=28}}</ref> [[Cold Chisel]] singer [[Jimmy Barnes]] called them "one of the greatest bands ever and one of my favourite live bands in the world".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/barnes-i-wouldnt-go-on-that-show-if-you-paid-me/news-story/327c5f3e610968d3b1725cc2b450c6ad|title=Barnes: 'I wouldn't go on that show if you paid me'|last=Adams|first=Cameron|date=4 June 2016|publisher=[[news.com.au]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] frontman [[Billy Corgan]] referred to the 2016 announcement of Midnight Oil's impending reformation as "awesome news", noting that they are "one of the greatest live bands I've ever seen".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/smashingpumpkins/posts/10154235193627642|title=Midnight Oil to reform|last=Corgan|first=William Patrick|author-link=Billy Corgan|date=5 May 2016|publisher=The Smashing Pumpkins on Facebook|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> Corgan had previously likened his dancing to that of Peter Garrett.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/garrett-for-pm-president/news-story/60f85242216b46ba3e667e98691666cc?sv=361b654a98e32999ba8e6322c17a0ebe|title=Garrett for PM, president|date=28 March 2008|website=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> Garrett's onstage routine – described by critic [[Richard McGregor]] as "mesmerising"<ref>{{cite journal|first=Richard|last=McGregor|author-link=Richard McGregor|title=Australian Reviews|journal=[[Rolling Stone Australia|Rolling Stone]]|date=22 March 1979|page=43|publisher=Silvertongues Pty Ltd|location=North Sydney, NSW}}</ref> – incorporates a wild and eccentric dance style;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22023548|title=From rocker to Aussie environment minister|date=29 November 2007|publisher=[[NBC News]]|access-date=17 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/midnight-oil-drummer-hints-at-reunion-after-peter-garrett-finishes-memoir-20140603-zrww4|title=Midnight Oil drummer hints at reunion after Peter Garrett finishes memoir|date=4 June 2014|website=[[The Age]]|access-date=17 January 2018}}</ref> ''[[Guardian Australia|Guardian]]'' journalist Andrew Stafford wrote that Garrett has a "unique dance step that captivated audiences for over 20 years" prior to the group's 2002 disbandment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/17/midnight-oil-frontman-peter-garrett-is-back-and-hes-ready-to-dance-again|title=Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett is back – and he's ready to dance again|last=Stafford|first=Andrew|date=17 July 2016|website=[[Guardian Australia|Guardian]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> His dancing was imitated in Parliament by Australian politicians [[Peter Costello]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/11/04/shorten-dances-in-kiribati_n_8467280.html|title=Bill Shorten Dances During Community Event In Kiribati|last=Barlow|first=Karen|date=4 November 2015|website=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> and [[John Elferink]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smee|first1=Ben|last2=Walsh|first2=Christopher A|date=2016|title=Crocs in The Cabinet: Northern Territory politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxUmDQAAQBAJ&q=%22imitated+Peter+Garrett%27s+dancing+on+the+floor+of+Parliament%22&pg=PT119|publisher=[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Australia]]|isbn=978-0-7336-3752-0|quote=Elferink embraced the oddball in a light-hearted sort of way. He quoted Taylor Swift during estimates hearings, imitated Peter Garrett's dancing on the floor of Parliament.}}</ref>