Verse 1: Back in 1988
All those talking politicians
Words are easy, words are cheap
Much cheaper than our priceless land
But promises can disappear
Just like writing in the sand.
Verse 2: This land was never given up This land was never bought and sold The planting of the Union Jack Never changed our law at all.
However, “Treaty” as James Jun Wu has suggested, did its part to mitigate the local and national tensions by offering a way of reconciliation (101). It explores the possibility of union between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians by employing water metaphors that suggest a dynamic, vibrant future of Australia: Now two rivers run their course Separated for so long I’m dreaming of a brighter day When the waters will …show more content…
By combining the two, we can start to build a better future through music.” 8
Warumpi Band is another Aboriginal rock group that has facilitated the advancement of the land rights movement. The musical and textual readings of their place-related song, ‘Warumpinya’ delineates the socio-cultural discourses on Aboriginal rock group has used to construct a popular music statement about a regional indigenous area: Warumpi, situated along the north-western border of the Northern Territory.9
Peter Dunbar Hall and Gibson described inDeadly Sounds, Deadly Places: ContemporaryAboriginal Music in Australia,
Along with those of other Aboriginal groups, Coloured Stone, Kintore Gospel Band, No Fixed Address and Scrap Metal, songs by Warumpi Band are discussed by Sweeney (1991) in his Directory of World Music as examples of world music. This classification of the group is repeated by Breen (1994) who lists this group alongside other Aboriginal performers, BlackbalaMujik, Colored Stone, Kev Carmody, Ruby Hunter, Archie Roach, and YothuYindi under the world music rubrie.
All those talking politicians
Words are easy, words are cheap
Much cheaper than our priceless land
But promises can disappear
Just like writing in the sand.
Verse 2: This land was never given up This land was never bought and sold The planting of the Union Jack Never changed our law at all.
However, “Treaty” as James Jun Wu has suggested, did its part to mitigate the local and national tensions by offering a way of reconciliation (101). It explores the possibility of union between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians by employing water metaphors that suggest a dynamic, vibrant future of Australia: Now two rivers run their course Separated for so long I’m dreaming of a brighter day When the waters will …show more content…
By combining the two, we can start to build a better future through music.” 8
Warumpi Band is another Aboriginal rock group that has facilitated the advancement of the land rights movement. The musical and textual readings of their place-related song, ‘Warumpinya’ delineates the socio-cultural discourses on Aboriginal rock group has used to construct a popular music statement about a regional indigenous area: Warumpi, situated along the north-western border of the Northern Territory.9
Peter Dunbar Hall and Gibson described inDeadly Sounds, Deadly Places: ContemporaryAboriginal Music in Australia,
Along with those of other Aboriginal groups, Coloured Stone, Kintore Gospel Band, No Fixed Address and Scrap Metal, songs by Warumpi Band are discussed by Sweeney (1991) in his Directory of World Music as examples of world music. This classification of the group is repeated by Breen (1994) who lists this group alongside other Aboriginal performers, BlackbalaMujik, Colored Stone, Kev Carmody, Ruby Hunter, Archie Roach, and YothuYindi under the world music rubrie.