Peter Garrett now on Obama's iPod
- — 09 March, 2011 13:12
As the lead singer with politically-edged Aussie rock band Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett railed against "US forces".
Now the Oils - whose singer is a minister in the federal Labor government - feature on US President Barack Obama's iPod.
The music player, chock-full of Australian pop and rock music, was a gift to the American leader from Julia Gillard on her first visit to Washington as prime minister.
While US forces doesn't feature on the iPod, the Oils songs include King of the Mountain, Blue Sky Mine, Beds are Burning and Short Memory - a lament of the superpower's interference in nations such as El Salvador, Cambodia and Afghanistan.
The gift also includes tunes by Paul Kelly, Geoffrey Gurramul Yunupingu, John Butler Trio, Jimmy Barnes, Powderfinger, Crowded House, INXS and Kylie Minogue.
