Music and Social Protest are proper bedfellows.  The inclusion of human struggle against its own society goes back as far as the birth of human civilization. 

In the mid 80’s, the US became infatuated with a continent a half a world away on the exact opposite side of the globe.  At the dawning of the MTV generation, we were introduced to Olivia Newton John getting physical, and to Mad Max fighting a roving band of post-apocalyptic biker savages battling over a hot dry desert.  Australia was a euro society, but one that seemed almost archaic yet cosmic, almost like another planet than another country.

Then suddenly, we were baptized in full Australian lore in 1986 with the movie Crocodile Dundee. 

Suddenly, America was infatuated with Australian culture and we couldn’t get enough of it.  In the middle of the Australian craze, one piece of art stood out above all the others and that’s where we focus today.

In this episode of Our Favorite Albums, we head to the Land Down Under to break down Midnight Oil's album, Diesel and Dust.