Need a good laugh? First Time hearing Men At Work

Need a good laugh? First Time hearing Men At Work - thank you Patrons!

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My patrons bring me some of the best music, and I'm so appreciative of that. It's difficult to dig through the hundreds of requests I get weekly, and analyze what the best performance might be, or who gets slotted in before another. Once per month, my patrons submit and vote on their pick for me, and this month I get to do a walkabout alongside Men At Work, all the way Down Under!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Men At Work for the first time, performing "Down Under”.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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@Cadinho93 4 күн бұрын

This song holds the world record for consecutive words without swearing by an Australian. Also, this song is so singable you can totally forget that none of it makes sense, though I do love it when you dip into the '80s.

@theaikidoka 3 күн бұрын

Yes, but three isn't too high a target lol. I loved this song for ages, but only recently saw the accompanying video and it was every bit as weird as you could wish for.

@blakerbnsn 3 күн бұрын

@@theaikidoka Used to watch the video religiously on MTV back in the 80s.

@mktrill 3 күн бұрын

The only thing terrible is veggemite😅 she's not wrong

@antivanti 3 күн бұрын

What part doesn't make sense? It's about an Australian that's into "substances" traveling the world and either meeting fellow Australians or people who know Australia

@mktrill 3 күн бұрын

As far as I understand it the music video is filled with digs at the Australian government but I don't understand any of them accept the koala thing

@beabarber4300 2 күн бұрын

Just before this song was released onto an unsuspecting world, Men At Work hired Centennial Hall in the Melbourne Royal Agricultural Showgrounds to practice in before touring the album. Next door to that was the Dairy Pavilion, where there was a horse riding school during the months when the Melbourne Royal Agricultural Show wasn't using all the facilities. The band practiced A LOT, even during lesson times for the horse riding school and they played LOUD. I was a pupil of the school at the time. It was truly amazing how the horses (all fairly jaded school horses) would vibe with the beat of the music (which was VERY clearly audible in the riding hall). Helped amazingly with developing cadence and rhythm in us pupils, as the horses very quickly matched the beat of whatever song was playing with their footfalls and striding. For many years after, when I was training a new or young horse, I would put their music on a cassette deck to play loud to make the process of education easier for the horse. Worked like a charm. Another related issue - the bass frequencies would travel underground from Centennial Hall and reverberate through the sand flooring of the Dairy Pavilion, so after a few hours, all the dried up horse manure that was lurking within the sand would be shaken to the top. This made cleaning the sand very very easy at the end of the day's lessons. Some days the sand would even form almost fingerprint like patterns from the sound vibrations being transmitted through the brick pillars that held up the roof. Weirdly like the raked gravel of a zen garden, with lumps of horse manure instead of rocks.

@larryparks1520 Күн бұрын

WOW. Awesome!

@Trouble10 Күн бұрын

This might be the coolest story ever told in a KZfaq comment.

@nbsmith100 Күн бұрын

that is extremely fascinating... i may have to send this on to a relative of mine who works with horses

@davidperrott4502 Күн бұрын

And they spent many a night performing at the Clifton Hill Hotel well before they became a well known band. My fav pub. Not to mention a few others

@becp488 Күн бұрын

That is a little piece of Aussie music history I would never have learnt if not for this comment. Fascinating.

@luisalonsoecheverria Күн бұрын

Funnily enough, Colin Hay is actually Scottish. When he was in Ringo Starr’s band, Ringo would introduce Colin and say “Alright Colin, time to sing about that place that you’re not from!”

@drsloanski 5 сағат бұрын

Well, he did emigrate to Melbourne in 1967 at the age of 14, but in recent years he has definitely reclaimed his Scottish heritage.

@johnathanmichaud867 4 сағат бұрын

@@drsloanskiSame with Bon Scot. He picked up the Aussie accent because he was tired of having his arse kicked.

@Benderosa Күн бұрын

Thunder reference explained on Wikipedia: The band are seen carrying a coffin across the dunes at the end. This, Hay has explained, was a warning to his fellow Australians that their country's identity was dying as a result of overdevelopment and Americanisation. Hay has also stated that the same ominous sentiment lies behind the choral line, "Can't you hear that thunder? You'd better run; you'd better take cover".

@loneRang3r 7 сағат бұрын

I was going to make a similar comment hut you nailed it. In addition to this, storms hit hard here. People often assume I'm exaggerating when I describe the intensity of electrical storms here but having lived in several countries, I can state with confidence, the average storm here is a shock to most visitors. On top of that, the vast openness of the outback means you can often hear a storm coming in the form of low rolling thunder before it's visible on the horizon. So the reference to culture is being delivered by a quintessential Australian weather phenomenon; something that is as familier to us as all the other references.

@waltp9509 4 сағат бұрын

Interesting. I took it as "Get ready, the Aussies are coming to rock your world" vibe as they thunder to prominence. And lest we forget "Thunder from Down Under" -- sorta similar idea.

@iamafieldonfire7836 3 күн бұрын

If this song is played in any pub outside of Australia, it will summon every Australian within a 10km radius, and they will SIIIIING. I love this song. And yeah, I'm Australian.

@beetleb1801 3 күн бұрын

Ain't that the truth!

@Annonymous0283745 3 күн бұрын

I just went outside and blasted it on the car radio. Confirmed that 4 Australians live in my neighborhood in New Mexico.

@TruthDojaShow 3 күн бұрын

Nah, yeah that sounds about right actually

@2Quietus 3 күн бұрын

Yep. Spent 24 yrs in the military and went around the world....several times. Doesnt matter where yer at: play this song and it'll draw out Aussies like a bag of cookies to a fat kid.

@sammacculloch446 2 күн бұрын

And the odd lost kiwi 😅

@kovie9162 2 күн бұрын

Colin Hay's appearance in an episode of Scrubs singing Overkill has got the be the best instance of inserting a musician playing themselves into a work of movie or TV fiction. Men At Work was one of those bands you might have initially written off as one hit wonders, like Wild Cherry or 38 Special, but they kept on putting out one great song after another, led by the very talented Hay.

@leonardwashington6456 2 күн бұрын

I was almost mad at Perry for bashing Colin's guitar but it was funny as shit. Great show, great music.

@MaverickAus 2 күн бұрын

One of the best episodes of a very funny TV show.

@craigroberts5965 2 күн бұрын

Love overkill

@sodastreetproductions4305 2 күн бұрын

I bust out that version from Scrubs at least once a year, it's so good.

@michaelmoore7975 2 күн бұрын

@@kovie9162 38 Special 1 hit oneder?!? Nahhh...

@MrNeatoMiniStock13 22 сағат бұрын

Greg Ham was a wonderful floutist in this video. He also played saxophone on other songs as well. He passed away in 2012 at age 58, possibly of a heart attack, as he was anxious after the copyright lawsuit against Me At Work, as they felt Greg Ham was playing a rift from a song called "Kookaburra". He was very depressed over the lawsuit. Despite all that, the song is excellent and the band played some excellent music. May Greg Ham continue to Rest Peacefully.

@BigTroyT 8 сағат бұрын

Yes, a copyright troll came after the band decades later, suing them for millions of dollars over the flute line, and Ham felt very personally responsible for all the hassles that resulted, even though he really did nothing wrong. After Men At Work stopped being active, Ham had become a "leisure-suit lounge singer" and enjoyed entertaining people by playing the piano and singing in that style. But even that didn't alleviate the stress caused by the lawsuit, and he passed away. He was a fantastic musician, playing flute, sax, piano, and synths for the band.

@coegj Күн бұрын

Many many years ago a childhood friend of mine who came from a wealthy family traveled the globe in her late teen and early twenties, she met and fell in love with an Aussie. She found most of them were fun loving people who lived their lives with a gusto and irreverence that Americans just don't have, she mentioned that those who did not have that gusto were born to be and ended up as politicians, that was her husbands and all of his friends opinion, enough of politicians though. She comes back to the states to see her sisters and relatives now and then but always returns to land of plenty, she says of that line in the song, is meant to be a major embellishment at best, and her Aussie friends and husband just live and love life and what ever they have with gusto. She is happy.

@roberthart5863 2 күн бұрын

Back in the 80s when this song was made, young Australians had a reputation of traveling around the world on very small budgets. They would take advantage of their ability to work in British Commonwealth countries and as a result, the UK had young Australians working bars, cooking food, carrying bricks and other unskilled labor to raise money to keep traveling. They were also well known for their can-do attitudes, willingness to work hard, and to party. When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I worked with such people. They were a pleasure to work with and I learned a lot from them.

@petersmall1574 2 күн бұрын

I studied and worked in France for a couple of long stretches in the early to mid-1980's. And in my travels I often ran into small groups of Australians at youth hostels. I developed a favorable impression of them as friendly, congenial types.

@11jasey 2 күн бұрын

This guy gets it.

@mattnewcomb_official 2 күн бұрын

So, like the Dwarves of Erebor, then?

@AltCutTV 2 күн бұрын

Seem the perfect place for one of those "fun fact things: The band name comes from a picture of just one man working while the rest of his crew are on a break. :)

@DavidYesUCan 2 күн бұрын

Come to Banff they still come to work in Canada to this day

@dust4magnet 3 күн бұрын

Men at Work were huge in the day. "Who Can It Be Now" should be next. I saw them in concert during their peak popularity, and they were immensely entertaining. Another Australian band you should explore is Midnight Oil. Start with their biggest hit "Beds are Burning." You won't regret it.

@hd9700 3 күн бұрын

Yes, this!

@ThePayneFactor 3 күн бұрын

Midnight Oil! Yes! Or some Silverchair.

@haventthoughtofanameyet6364 3 күн бұрын

The way he sings that song is really cool

@rcrawford42 3 күн бұрын

Men at Work's "Maria" should be next, if only to see their range.

@DasWandbild 3 күн бұрын

Overkill would be great for her to do, too. Especially one of the acoustic versions...like in Scrubs.

@user-nw6ob8lk6p 2 күн бұрын

This song was adopted by ‘Australia II’ when they successfully won the America’s Cup yacht race in 1983. Played at Volume 11 everything time the boat came back in to the dock.

@philipthavenius9801 Күн бұрын

It's a lot of fun that every country has a song that if we hear it in the bar or wherever we are, we start singing full of joy.

@Shyfren 3 күн бұрын

Gen X raised on hose water, neglect and Men At Work! 🔥

@shaun8256 3 күн бұрын

Just remember to let the hot water run out of the hose first!

@justwinks1553 3 күн бұрын

Also Inxs

@roboparks 3 күн бұрын

Millennials raised on Toilet water.

@marcm. 3 күн бұрын

Amen)

@KyleMiddleton7 3 күн бұрын

That made me smile. It must have been thirty years since I drunk out of a hose.

@brettc190 3 күн бұрын

I met Colin Hay in 2009 after a show. I asked him if my wife and I could get a picture with him, and he said sure. I stood on his right, and my wife stood on his left, and he had his arms around us. It was so cool. Overkill is my favorite Men at Work song.

@warrenford 2 күн бұрын

That's so cool Overkill is my favorite too

@jmfloyd23 2 күн бұрын

Mine too

@edwardhummingbird8677 2 күн бұрын

Yes, Overkill is a truly great song.

@kellypatterson2537 2 күн бұрын

Great song - acoustic version is sublime

@benjaminrettig8094 2 күн бұрын

It's a mistake

@whatacrazzydude Күн бұрын

I got this record when it came out. I still have it. I'm 56, and seeing younger people liking Men at Work makes me smile.

@goalski134 Күн бұрын

i’ve always had a soft spot for this song. that soft spot turned into a love affair in nov 2005, when 80000 people sang it at the top of their lungs, as we beat uruguay to end 3 decades without a world cup appearance. still gives me goosebumps. this song will always make me think of that night.

@CaptainTedStryker 3 күн бұрын

Overkill has those legato lines you're looking for. It's more of a pared down ballad, way different vibe, the vocals are just **chef kiss**

@johnruddick686 3 күн бұрын

A great indie masterpiece.

@PhoenixRisen63 3 күн бұрын

That was my suggestion, too. 'Overkill' is such an awesome song. 👌 I love everything about it, from the lyrics to his voice as he is singing them.

@JohnGraves1985 3 күн бұрын

He did a version with a choir, and it was absolutely wonderful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oamKfqSpqdW5p3k.html

@JimGillett 3 күн бұрын

His acoustic version of Overkill is sublime

@vodkaa1 3 күн бұрын

Love that song in Scrubs with Colin following JD around singing it

@metoo7557 3 күн бұрын

That swimsuit off the shoulder one piece was a trade mark of Andre The Giant when he was wrestling.

@thegfactor2001 3 күн бұрын

It was also a bathing suit worn by Aussie Super Model "The Body" Elle McPherson. Unforgettable

@trespire 3 күн бұрын

I was thinking an Edwardian woolen bathing suit.

@schulme123 3 күн бұрын

Commented the same...missed this.

@0okamino 3 күн бұрын

The classic strongman outfit.

@johnchestnut5340 3 күн бұрын

It was also common for circus and strong men performances. It could show a little form while maintaining modesty.

@monkeyhammar Күн бұрын

It's the Vegimite that gives us such a sunny, laid-back disposition

@mikevale3620 5 сағат бұрын

That would be 'Vegemite'.

@monkeyhammar Сағат бұрын

@@mikevale3620 It was the middle of the night and I was high as a kite, why would I care about spelling?

@aramisdg 20 сағат бұрын

"I just don't think I'll ever get over you" by Colin Hay gets me every time. Has such an emotional quality to his singing. Plus "Overkill" is just a great song.

@PhoenixRisen63 3 күн бұрын

I love his voice on their song 'Overkill'. It showcases his range and his natural vibrato beautifully. Men At Work are a gem.

@richardgreen3160 3 күн бұрын

I agree totally

@michaelmoore7975 3 күн бұрын

It would be the better choice for The Charismatic Voice to examine.

@jeffreyhender5272 3 күн бұрын

Agree with all of these “Overkill” comments.

@user-oj4lx3sy5g 2 күн бұрын

check out a recent live version of it with "Choir Choir Choir!" its freaking amazing. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oamKfqSpqdW5p3k.html

@pietzsche 2 күн бұрын

His solo/choir versions are phenomenal

@seanpaula8924 2 күн бұрын

The wild west days of Mtv. No rules, no guide lines. Flock of Seagulls were a good example.

@karenobrien6004 Күн бұрын

And Rage every weekend lol

@michaeljeacock Күн бұрын

one word. Devo

@wyldhowl2821 Күн бұрын

Also, the era of white guy bands borrowing from reggae.

@njones420 11 сағат бұрын

Primus :)

@rogerj.fugere3570 Күн бұрын

As. High school senior, when the San Francisco Opera House re-opened after major renovations, was witness to an underclassman return from a field trip there and was enthralled with the acoustics. He stated it would be awesome if a really great group played there “like Men At Work!!” We had no words.

@rodwhitney8236 12 сағат бұрын

As an Aussie, I was singing this the WHOLE time! And now it's stuck in my head....... Loved your reaction!!! This was brilliant!!!

@RizzyRamone67 2 күн бұрын

This song is one of those cases of a song being adopted as a “patriotic” song, when it’s actually a reaction to overdevelopment and commodification of the land. It’s still a love letter to Australia, just not in the way a lot of people assume.

@kovie9162 2 күн бұрын

Like Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, which many people still don't get is anti some aspects of the USA. I'm guessing that you were thinking of it too.

@RizzyRamone67 2 күн бұрын

@@kovie9162 actually it didn’t cross my mind, but yes you’re absolutely right!

@portcullis5622 2 күн бұрын

The same with Natalie Merchant's 'Motherland'. The title song, and most of the songs on the album, were a critical analysis of the USA, at that time under the Presidency of George W Bush. The album was recorded just before 9/11 and was released just after. Of course, the USA was not in the mood for Americans criticising their own country, even though the album was really a patriotic lament about the damage being done to the US environment, economy and way of life, by an oil obsessed group of industrialists who held sway (and still do). The opening song proved to be prophetic, sadly. 'This House is on Fire' used Eastern scales and the lyrics were about the smouldering tensions between East and West.

@jburt779 2 күн бұрын

Sorta like American Woman, then?

@RobWinant 2 күн бұрын

@@jburt779American Woman was written by Canadians.

@user-um1xo9ed1x 3 күн бұрын

By the way, the man in Brussels used an Aussie Rules pass to give the lad his sandwich.

@KarinainOZ 20 сағат бұрын

1983 and Australia won the America’s Cup. My flatmate and I went to the end of our street where we could see a GINORMOUS Australian flag 🇦🇺 flying on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This song brings back that memory of every Aussie being insanely happy about a yachting competition that we’d never cared about before 😂 Happy days!!!

@wmsheep Күн бұрын

Aah, "Down Under", the second greatest unofficial national anthem in the world (the greatest being "99 Luftballons" by Nena").

@jasongood3680 2 күн бұрын

“The thunder” was the sound of young Australians at that time running away from their home land and into a whole load of other places, especially the UK and Europe. “You’d better run, better take cover” was a warning not to get hit as they stampede towards you. And the whole song is finding people from Australia everywhere. A real favourite from the time, I’m glad you did this as it really made me smile.

@michellerenner6880 2 күн бұрын

Oh this makes so much sense.

@feralfeline 2 күн бұрын

ah ty for the explination!!

@TheDredConspiracy 2 күн бұрын

legit

@prodigaIProdigy 2 күн бұрын

Yep - the music video is a mix between vignettes of the band running into other aussie expats the world over, and positive stereotypes of Australia which form their camaraderie far from home.

@STho205 Күн бұрын

And the speculators developers selling the land that was once natural...."men plunder"

@GetToTheFarm 2 күн бұрын

FUN FACT: Tanelorn (scrawled across the front of the VW bus) is a land from popular fantasy book series by Michael Moorecock (author of the Elric series)it is the Eternal City and the City of Rest, is a city of Neutrality, supporting neither Law nor Chaos/

@larryparks1520 Күн бұрын

Awesome!

@northoftherockies Күн бұрын

Another fun fact: The reason "Tanelorn Rules" is written on their bus is because Tanelorn was also the name of an Australian music festival that was being held at the time the song was written.

@kevharper1378 Күн бұрын

The saddest thing about this song is the way an American Copyright Corporation bought the old traditional song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" which was gifted by it's writer to the Girl Guides of Australia in the 1920's or something, deliberately knowing they could sue this band for millions in copyright. It's the flute part and is a great tune. Men at work were Sued heavily after it was a question on a popular ABC music game show. The flautist who didn't know where the tune came from ended up killing himself due to the stress and depression of the malicious case. "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree merry merry king of the bus is he-e laugh kookaburra laugh Kookaburra gay your life must be".

@AlessandroGenTLe Күн бұрын

That's USA for you. They would do ANYTHING for money. And look at them now. So sad.

@heartlesskitten88 21 сағат бұрын

That's horrible

@GodwynDi 20 сағат бұрын

While the stress may have contributed, I can't find anything stating he killed himself.

@redhead3199 13 сағат бұрын

Just getting us back for using this song when Australia 2 wins the America cup. The first time that the American team lost the cup.

@maryeckel9682 2 сағат бұрын

It's only one phrase that's used, even. I never realized it had been copyrighted! We learned it in grade school in the 70s, USA.

@Mourn100 Күн бұрын

This song always takes me back to Australia's win against the USA in the America's Cup. What a wonderful time that was.

@bluebehir 2 күн бұрын

Not sure if anyone else commented this, but the way he passed the sandwich was how you do a handoff in the Australian Rules Football game, and seeing it made me laugh out loud!

@sylph4721 Күн бұрын

Punt!

@washitokusei6801 Күн бұрын

@@sylph4721 Handball.

@kieronsloan1704 Күн бұрын

I played Australian Rules Football as a kid (in Adelaide). I laughed when I saw the sandwich (or butty here in Liverpool, UK) being "hand passed." Brought back memories ...

@BradGryphonn 2 күн бұрын

If memory serves me correctly, Colin Hay, then lead singer of Men At Work, said years later that the song was never meant to be an anthem. It was making fun of how we are alway stereotypified across the world, and we'll never break free of that. I think there was also some underlying thing about being swamped by foreign investors who considered us fools. And they were right. We sold a lot of our country to foreign interests. Oh, I've subbed.

@davidperrott4502 Күн бұрын

yep thats the thunder of being over-run by foreign interests

@goalski134 Күн бұрын

we didn’t sell it, the government did.

@ieyke 2 күн бұрын

Men At Work's 'Down Under' is built around the Kookaburra song. THAT is why it sounds SO inherently Australian - it's based on the ONE Aussie song that everyone learns as kids. Listen to the flute part, which the whole rest of the song echoes... You can hear the Kookabura lyrics echoing in the flute: "Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree," "Merry merry king of the bush is he." . . . The full Kookaburra song: "Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, Merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, Gay your life must be! Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Eating all the gumdrops he can see Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra Leave some there for me. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, Counting all the monkeys he can see Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra, That's no monkey, that's me."

@swiddle1 Күн бұрын

Didn't they get sued for copyright infringement over this?

@jasonhurst2491 Күн бұрын

@@swiddle1Yep. Cost them millions. Happened after someone on the ABC show Spicks and Specks identified the melody and made an off-hand comment. Next thing, the company that owned the copyright to the Kookaburra song sent their lawyers in 🙄😒

@robertfaulks1767 Күн бұрын

@@swiddle1 Yes and no, the judgement was that they had infringed copyright and it was ruled at 5% of the musical content of the song as there was a precedent set by hip hop sampling.. The penalty was that they owed 5% of all royalties earned AFTER the judgement date

@becp488 Күн бұрын

Oh, I've never heard the 3rd verse before.

@pebrede Күн бұрын

It’s a round as well. Try it.

@chrismartain3306 9 сағат бұрын

70's and 80's Australian rock is a rabbit hole I really hope you go down. There is so much amazing music and a few singers that probably haven't received the recognition they deserve

@johnianknox1629 2 күн бұрын

Written by Scotsman Colin Hay who hails from Troon in Ayrshire, he moved down under as a kid with his family. He still gives Scotland great reviews for making the man he is today, take care everyone from another proud Scot.

@zsaleeba 2 күн бұрын

Another famous Australian band AC/DC also had a Scot lead singer. What is it with Scots and wanting to front Australian bands?

@jojogrrl2756 Күн бұрын

Thanks for Jimmy Barnes from Cold Chisel too 😀

@alexo5861 Күн бұрын

@@zsaleebaThe entire Young Family was Scottish and emigrated to Australia. My understanding is in the 50s and 60 Commonwealth citizen were being encouraged to move to Australia, the UK was still under an economic depression due to WWII, Scotland especially depressed thus lots of Scotts and their family’s moved to Australia.

@johnianknox1629 Күн бұрын

Check out another fantastic Scottish singer FRANKIE MILLER, his music is in the same genre as Jimmy Barnes and he has written all his big albums by himself as well as songs for others including Bob Seger and The Eagles. Take care from Glasgow.

@benhughes2538 Күн бұрын

@@zsaleeba the first singer Dave Evans was Born here where i live in Wales. It's like they never want an Australian singer lol

@TheGunslinger1 3 күн бұрын

Overkill really shows off Colin Hay's vocal abilities more. And rest in peace Gregory Norman.

@michaelmoore7975 3 күн бұрын

It would be the better choice for The Charismatic Voice to examine.

@drewbuckleymusic 3 күн бұрын

I searched for Overkill and if no one mentioned it, I would. His vocal is great in that.

@mrjonnyburkecovers 3 күн бұрын

Please listen to Colin hays solo version of overkill. I first heard it on scrubs and I think it's the reason I love acoustic guitar

@mrjonnyburkecovers 3 күн бұрын

Also, they were massively sued for this song as it uses a melody from an Australian children's song called "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree"

@drewbuckleymusic 3 күн бұрын

@@mrjonnyburkecovers Yes. I don't see that myself but hey.

@mitchelltaylor3445 Күн бұрын

This is actually the second version of the song, both sung by men at work. The original is far more stripped back and less produced with a HEAVY reggae feel. Well worth a listen if you haven't heard it

@shaneanigans440 Күн бұрын

I love this song so much. Every time it's on I instantly am in a better mood.

@user-jr3eb5oo3g 10 сағат бұрын

Australia was originally a British colony and was referred to as the land down under . Just look at a globe to understand why.

@taylor_drift 2 күн бұрын

Colin Hay looked like Christopher Eccleston, the 9th doctor in Doctor Who...and i cant unsee it now.

@jedislap8726 21 сағат бұрын

Yeah, it's the smile he does when the guy in 'Bombay' shouts" Ooooh, so you come from a land down under"

@rayj1011 3 күн бұрын

The flute tune is ""Kookaburra" (also known by its first line: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree") is an Australian nursery rhyme and round about the laughing kookaburra (bird). In some Aboriginal cultures, the kookaburra's laughter-like call is believed to signal the coming of rain, which is vital for the land's fertility and sustenance.

@edwardmunoz7853 3 күн бұрын

Didn't they try to sue them for using this?

@toddavis8151 3 күн бұрын

@@edwardmunoz7853they were successfully sued

@fredglazer2913 3 күн бұрын

@@edwardmunoz7853 They did sue him and they won. Hay lost just about everything he ever earned.

@johnwalters1806 3 күн бұрын

@@edwardmunoz7853 They lost the case in 2011.

@rayj1011 3 күн бұрын

That, I never heard. But it is a very old song and may not yet be copyrighted. I don't know the laws there though.

@Nanashi-ul2bj Күн бұрын

I always thought this song was rather underrated. It's comedy gold. They never took it too seriously.

@andrewward8692 7 сағат бұрын

As an 8 year old boy I thought this was what pop music was. This, Adam & the Ants, Madness, Bananarama, Captain Sensible, Human League, Culture Club, etc. It felt like the dressing up box had been thrown open. I loved it.

@D4N1CU5 2 күн бұрын

Vegemite is concentrated umami (savoury) and salt flavour. The key to getting into it is to start with VERY small amounts and build up. The typical way to have it is very heavily buttered toast with a thiiiiin scraping of vegemite. The creamy fatty butter mixes really well with the umami and salt of the vegemite. Most people I've seen who don't like it went overboard the first time they tried or tried it by itself, most people who I've seen like it have had it the "proper" way with lots of butter and a very small amount on some toast. Use it like a condiment until you get used to it, most people like salt and pepper but you don't eat salt and pepper with a spoon straight out of the jar.

@Turalcar 2 күн бұрын

OMG, that makes so much sense. That would be like complaining to the Japanese "How can you guys eat wasabi"

@Th3UprightMan 2 күн бұрын

lmfao I love the way you explain how to take in vegemite ("The key to getting into it is to start with VERY small amounts and build up") is also the way to gain resistance against various types of venoms.

@Nikioko 2 күн бұрын

Vegemite is like spreading a stock cube on bread.

@n.d.m.515 2 күн бұрын

I will stick with peanut butter thank you very much 😊

@MrChaza001 2 күн бұрын

As a Kiwi I love Vegemite and Marmite (Vegemite more but I don’t admit that publicly!). I agree with you on the toast idea but I really love it on pikelets! Yes, I know, sounds disgusting but it is a real sweet and sour thing that works really well. I also agree that people who are trying it for the first time seem to try eating a spoonful 😝. NO, don’t do that! Just a thin smear on toast or really fresh bread with butter. Also, you can try it as a drink. Dissolve a teaspoon in a mug of hot water. Nice and refreshing!

@Hudson316 3 күн бұрын

As an Australian, I can’t stand Vegemite (taste or smell) but from what I understand, when Americans try it they do it completely wrong, they slather the bread with Vegemite, or worse eat it off the spoon, when the proper serving method is taking bread, lathering it with a lot of butter or margarine, then putting the thinnest smear of Vegemite on it, so you’re basically adding a salty/umami seasoning to buttered bread.

@xenephon7620 3 күн бұрын

Check out Hugh Jackman on Jimmy Fallon's show showing how to try Vegemite properly - you can find it here on KZfaq

@FarmTV-gj1or 3 күн бұрын

Also as an Australian... Vegemite is not my favorite either but understand it's origin was from the dregs of brewing a long time ago. Also to the non-Auzzie's ... the vegemite sandwiched as passed off to Colin like a pass in Aussie Rules! Fosters is an export beer ... try and find it outside the local tourist shops in the capital cities, not going to happen... BOAG's is Betta Never gets old listening to MAW

@unofficiallymike 3 күн бұрын

@@FarmTV-gj1or it's origins is Aussies not getting British Marmite during one of the wars. So you made your own knock off just like Tim Tams are UKs Penguin bars as well. Mr Arnott went to the McVities factory and said I am going to make these better. He made them bigger lol. Australia is the knock off of Britain. Well what do you expect in a land full of UK convicts relatives on a prison island I suppose. Remember Ireland was part of the UK then like Northern Ireland today so we gave you Ned Kelly of course. Kelly being an anglicised form of an Irish surname. The Americans problary turned it into a girls name like they do with a lot of our surnames. Woolworths is another Aussie Knockoff. Nothing to do with American Woolworths. For some reason Aussies stole that surname and made it into a supermarket lol. Marmite is also beer production waste product full of B Vitamins. Although Marmite used the marketing love it or hate it as most folk go yuck tasting it.

@utahjohnnymontana3373 2 күн бұрын

I hear its a great bit of fun to give the uninitiated way too much vegemite just to get their reaction. Personally, I like a bit of sharp cheese with Marmite on an onion bagel.

@user-yg6ft1iu1i 2 күн бұрын

Its a song about drinking hence Women Glow Men Chunder (throw up) Can’t you hear the Thunder, better run for cover.

@Sarando1 Күн бұрын

This song was done long before you were a twinkle in your dad’s eye. What a great song.

@Baldevi Күн бұрын

Also I always thought Colin's voice is truly beautiful, when he wants to sing beautifully. His tone is sweet when he just lets it flow naturally. I love a sweet voice!

@KathleenHanover 3 күн бұрын

Hard to believe, but in the context of the '80s, when MTV was born, this video made perfect sense.

@heitzd1 3 күн бұрын

Cocaine is a helluva drug...

@BuckMcAntlerson 2 күн бұрын

"Overkill (acoustic version)" is an outstanding display of Colin Hay's vocals.

@damiencasey8428 4 сағат бұрын

This represents a particular cultural moment. 1981 and the experience of Australians backpacking, discovering the world, and the world discovering Australia.

@kevinquinn7645 4 сағат бұрын

The flautist sitting in the tree is a nod to the Australian children's song, 'Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree', from which the underlying rhythm is drawn.

@Mark.Brindle 2 күн бұрын

As a young Australian moving to the USA to study for 4 years between 83-86, every time I heard a Men At Work song, it transported me home, memories of them playing on the radio on a hot summer day at the beach (especially since I was stuck in Pennsylvania). They are an iconic Australian band. Vegemite, you only need a little. Spread it on toast with butter, especially when the butter has melted. Non-Australians use it like a jam. You don’t need much, it’s true, most Australians love it.

@projames7 Күн бұрын

Amen! You need to use it right - have spent 25 years in the US now and have found several that like Vegemite when used correctly =)

@BISSEYSZ Күн бұрын

Four years and you can't spell Pennsylvania?

@michaelrowell7798 22 сағат бұрын

It is a yeast extract with plenty of Vitamin B, so if applied on bread or toast in the appropriate amount, it is great. Don't spread too much on it though it's pretty full on

@Forced2DoThis1 3 сағат бұрын

As an American I've always thought that "Men At Work" was one of the greatest things to spread from Australia! How many other people watching this remember watching this music videos premier on MTV?

@maxpower5261 20 сағат бұрын

Rules for Vegemite: 1. only on toast, not regular bread. 2. spread it very thin. 3. use plenty of butter.

@jaysdood 19 сағат бұрын

And then throw it in the rubbish before anyone accidentally eats it 😂😂😂

@Leeqzombie 19 сағат бұрын

Sous Vide Everything recently did a video featuring Vegemite, and it was probably the first time I saw a non-Aussie get his mates to try Vegemite *properly*. They still didn't love it, but they at least gave it a genuine chance.

@RalphvsSam 19 сағат бұрын

Course you can have it on regular bread! vegemite and cheese sandwich. I personally don't mind vegemite with lettuce in my sandwiches.

@jaysdood 19 сағат бұрын

@@RalphvsSam Here in NZ it's marmite and lettuce, but undoubtedly you'd find marmite as repulsive as we find Vegemite. It's funny, cos they look absolutely identical, both are probably utterly repulsive to everyone outside Oz/NZ and yet we can tell the difference and actually have a preference 😄😄😄

@willzz1862 18 сағат бұрын

@@jaysdood Marmite in UK, Bovril also

@kellypickle 3 күн бұрын

Colin Hay is an incredible vocalist and never lost his voice

@ericdardinger3346 3 күн бұрын

Loved his appearances on Scrubs

@gregwatson3300 3 күн бұрын

Absolutely. I think it's partly because he doesn't smoke and quit drinking long ago.

@thelatentobserver121 3 күн бұрын

Saw him in Cinci last year, and he blew us away. He can hit those notes.

@markvanderstelt8999 3 күн бұрын

i lost my voice one time when i got a Cold.

@dust4magnet 3 күн бұрын

Modern listeners have no idea what the Australian wave of music had on the world in the 80's. One side-effect is that bands in that region also gained attention. One band from New Zealand was Split Enz. Their dedication to the glory of pop songs won my heart. I saw them twice, and they were wonderful. The younger Finn went on to establish Crowded House, a world-wide success. I still treasure the back catalog of Split Enz.

@DH-rj2kv 3 күн бұрын

Crowded House, Midnight Oil, INXS, Nick Cave, Dead Can Dance... good times

@fliugica 3 күн бұрын

The Aussie 80's pub rock scene was the best!

@monzadh 3 күн бұрын

Hoodoo Gurus...😊

@raymondregis6219 3 күн бұрын

Saw Split Enz in 82 inAnn Arbor. They were great.

@Jerry-tb8cb 3 күн бұрын

@@DH-rj2kv Icehouse

@lancelessard2491 2 күн бұрын

When this album first came out, I bought it and listened to it over and over again for weeks. I still like it very much. It is really interesting to hear a critique of now after all these years.

@JasonMarshMusic Күн бұрын

Thanks for the vid. This tune takes me back.

@courtney-rw8ch 3 күн бұрын

Out of all the bands, all the singers I listened to in the '80s, his voice really did stand out.

@skarlottt 3 күн бұрын

Be good be good be good be good be good be good be good jhonnnyyyy

@skarlottt 3 күн бұрын

It was the '80s and nobody could afford a video made so they make up themselves and have fun that is about all

@wojopf88a 3 күн бұрын

@@courtney-rw8ch yeah, for a foreigner! But I like journey and foreigner much better! American all the way! Can't say the rest!

@courtney-rw8ch 2 күн бұрын

@@wojopf88a maybe I miss-stated a bit. He has a very unique voice. There were plenty of better singers at his time. And I am from the US.

@nicoledevona5863 Күн бұрын

His voice still stands out! He is amazing live! Go see him.

@jxchamb 3 күн бұрын

Just another reason why growing up in the 80's was awesome. This song makes me feel like a kid again. Also, everything we know about Australia comes from this song and the movie Crocodile Dundee.

@giljensen1132 3 күн бұрын

Facts

@blueodum 3 күн бұрын

"That's not a knife... THIS is a knife!"

@MonkeyJedi99 3 күн бұрын

Our rock had FLUTES! And Trombones!

@ToddPro 3 күн бұрын

Exactly, as a tween was beautiful!

@bluefish4999 3 күн бұрын

That would be The Road Warrior for me, then Wake in Fright(1971), the latter being as Australian as it gets, Dundee lifts a lot from that movie.

@dbissex 18 сағат бұрын

I used to play this with one of the bands I had in college. It is so fun to just give in to the absurd happiness of it all

@mitchellbeston1033 Күн бұрын

I love Colin Hay's tone. He is one of my favourite vocalists and he is a very funny man to boot. He is still performing today. Overkill is well worth a listen, or anything he does acoustically.

@CraigCholar 3 сағат бұрын

His voice hasn't aged. Saw him live last year and he was perfect.

@3D_foos 3 күн бұрын

back when this song was still new and in heavy rotation on the radio my mom bought a used car and we found this cassette tape under the seat. we played it every time we were in the car until it wore out and broke. i was about 8 or 9 years old and hearing it now gave me overwhelmed nostalgia.

@seumasmackinlay 3 күн бұрын

"Speaking to Songfacts about the overall meaning of the lyric, Hay remarked: 'The chorus is really about the selling of Australia in many ways, the overdevelopment of the country. It was a song about the loss of spirit in that country. It's really about the plundering of the country by greedy people'." "Thunder" is metaphorical. .

@MichaelAD1967 3 күн бұрын

Yes! And I always assumed the "thunder" was the sound of heavy equipment coming to (over) develop the land.

@ryancappo 3 күн бұрын

But it also became the best song to boost tourism to Australia.

@tonysansom 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for that. I always believed the lyrics had a deeper meaning.

@FarmTV-gj1or 3 күн бұрын

@@MichaelAD1967 Very close to what I thought it was a stab at overseas land purchasers/developers. In 80's it was Japanese now Chinese

@michaelkeogh7722 2 күн бұрын

I sad to the man, are you trying to tempt me? Because I come from the land of plenty That and the line about men that plunder says a lot that I didn’t pick up on for decades. The great irony of this is being the anthem of the America’s Cup win, considering that Alan Bond is exactly the kind of person this song is protesting.

@Mark_Bickerton Күн бұрын

This is a beautiful song, It defined the mid eighties. Whenever I hear this, it transports me back to when I was in the RAF in the 1980'S... Love this track!

@selenawolf2466 10 сағат бұрын

This song has been stuck in my brain since i first heard it as a kid 😂 Please keep doing crazy 80's songs

@DangItAll 3 күн бұрын

The key with Vegemite is to spread it very thin, because it’s very strong. I think it’s best on warm toast with melted butter, or on a plain salted biscuit with butter and cheese. Sometimes when I’m craving salt I’ll cut a slice or two of cheese and spread a thin layer of Vegemite directly on the cheese. Yes, I am Australian 😂

@dionnedevillierssmith9582 3 күн бұрын

😂 I’m South African, and I love Marmite in exactly the same way!

@vitaemecha 3 күн бұрын

Exactly how we eat Marmite in the UK

@tykeinbrum 3 күн бұрын

@@vitaemecha Spread the love. Love the spread.✌👌

@KarlRamsay 3 күн бұрын

Vegemite on toast with heaps of butter

@dionnedevillierssmith9582 3 күн бұрын

@@KarlRamsay I prefer my marmite with cheese, although I do leave out cheese if my tum is a bit unsettled - I will eat marmite on scones, French toast, and toasted English muffins. During the pandemic, marmite caught a stray from the lockdown, because Alcohol and Tobacco were banned, and as a result, the breweries stopped producing spent brewers yeast which is the main ingredient. A shortage gripped the nation - It was horrifying , so anyone who had marmite were as gods. It’s thankfully back now!

@stinkybisquit 3 күн бұрын

“Overkill,” either by the band or Colin solo. Beautiful.

@kasumimori1798 Күн бұрын

This is one of those rare songs that can be recognized by just the first note.

@kellyhoward6941 Сағат бұрын

I had an Aussie in my backpacking group in Colorado. We'd divvy up the food on each trip. His first time, he brought Vegimite for our lunches for the week. He was the only one to eat lunch that week. We then instituted a total ban on Vegimite.

@SusanJ-m6y 3 күн бұрын

Seconding so many other comments already made - Colin Hay's solo work is incredible. Waiting For My Real Life to Begin is a stand out, and hearing Maggie live moved me to tears. I met him backstage afterwards and he was just the loveliest.

@sjnunez3 3 күн бұрын

Amazing show. Saw him in a small venue in Baton Rouge.

@hillcosparky1050 3 күн бұрын

Agreed! “Waiting” is one of my absolute favorite tunes. Colin Hay is phenomenal.

@jpswift70 3 күн бұрын

yep

@RussWRN 3 күн бұрын

Indeed. His solo work is on a whole other level compared to his group work here. He always had the talent but he found a soulfulness in his later years and his work will bring you to tears

@haydengoodall6767 3 күн бұрын

New Zealand loves vegemite aswell. Is this the hill you want to die upon!?. 🙃

@Longhauler85 3 күн бұрын

There's a video here on KZfaq titled "Australian sub defeats US Navy in exercise," they're doing war games between a US destroyer and the Australian sub. The Aussies sneak up on the Americans, get within torpedo range, and then start playing this song as their victory song 😂. Gotta love the Aussies from down unda!

@buddhamack1491 3 күн бұрын

As a former Australian army member war games against the Yanks were always so much fun. A lot of their soldiers at the time (early 2000's) were just terrible and only trained to do one thing. None of the lower ranks were trained to perform the rank above their role to step into if they were taken out. They actually found this astounding that we all knew each others roles and were trained to perform them. After that they posted a couple of their upper echelon at our base to learn about our training so they could adopt some of the practices. They were so loud in their camps it was incredibly easy to sneak up on at night. Their gear was waaay better than ours though at the time. Would've loved to have their funding.

@jelt110 2 күн бұрын

This is why Australia and the US can stand each other, we appreciate each other's sense of humor.

@gordowg1wg145 2 күн бұрын

There's also one called something like "how Britain bombed America, twice", with the lovely Avro Vulcans - IIRC, on one they managed to do a low level, high speed flyby of one of the US control towers when the Americans didn't realise they were even in their air-space. Only twice, because after doing it two successive years, they weren't invited to the next War games... STUPID move by the yanks, because they were mnore worried about potential embarrassment than they were by glaring National Security holes in their Air Defences... Some things never change, though...

@jelt110 2 күн бұрын

@@gordowg1wg145 you have a knowledge of history! Awesome! but despite our mutual fog-of-war problems- we seem to be able to appreciate our attempts at gentle teasing. This is VERY Australian/British/American/Canadian. As an US army artillery veteran, I can say we really understood the multiple attempts at humor. Maybe we did not respond correctly at the moment.. but in retrospect, we have a great respect.

@gordowg1wg145 2 күн бұрын

@@jelt110 Well, it was the native Americans that gave the world the concept of "counting coup". 😎👍

@rodmorrison47 2 күн бұрын

Colin is just such a wonderful singer and songwriter. Although I haven't followed his post MAW career closely he does still float into my consciousness from time to time and he never fails to take my breath away. Naturally, he's Scots born so we claim him.

@kendragon2012 Күн бұрын

I've been listening to that song for decades and it's a common song played on local radio and this is the first time I've ever seen the music video.

@SnailMailShell 3 күн бұрын

Overkill is also a lovely display of Colin’s voice.

@frankbreuer8849 3 күн бұрын

Yesss and he can play the guitar too ❤

@stpnwlf9 3 күн бұрын

I love Overkill, but I think his masterpiece may be 'Waiting for my New Life to Begin."

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen 4 күн бұрын

Back in the day I was an idiot! If it wasn't metal it wasn't music worth my time. Now I love listening to all the great music I ignored in my youth. Men at Work is a band that has many songs on my current playlist. Overkill, Be Good Johnny, Who could it be Now, just to name a few.

@enigmalex3649 3 күн бұрын

There is so much good music from every genre. I could listen from classic rock,metal,house to trance lol

@n5iln 3 күн бұрын

Colin Hay does a solo performance of Overkill which is impressive, in that it shows off his vocal talent a great deal better than what one hears when he sang with Men At Work.

@geneween64 3 күн бұрын

funny thing is this was one of the few (non-metal) songs my Metalhead friends liked back in the early 90's!, I remember blasting it in the car over and over :D

@viksox13 3 күн бұрын

we're probably same age, but MTV opened my eyes to plenty of non-metal songs that were awesome. Really broadened my musical tastes and appreciation.

@Moveplaylift 2 күн бұрын

Haha i was exactly the same. Its fun to go back and get into this stuff now

@byronwoodleymaund1439 2 күн бұрын

Fills me with absolute joy, we did this with our band, great to drum to, the alternative Australian national anthem.

@marshallgraphic 2 күн бұрын

Down Under is my most favorite 80s song and I could never get tired of listening to it.

@larryburns7225 4 күн бұрын

Men At Work---Be Good Johnny (Offical Music Video)

@lesgrice4419 3 күн бұрын

Massive hit thats virtually the Australian National Anthem, connected Aussies everywhere, was everywhere the year it came out, its about connecting with fellow Aussies anywhere in the world...

@CineSoar 3 күн бұрын

According to Colin, "It's ironic to me that so many people thought it was about a specific thing and that really wasn't the intention behind the song. If you listen to 'Born In The U.S.A.,' it's a similar song in that there's a lot of nuance missed because people like drinking beer and throwing their arms up in the air and feeling nationalistic. It's ultimately a song about celebration, but it's a matter of what you choose to celebrate about a country or a place. White people haven't been in Australia all that long, and it's truly an awesome place, but one of the most interesting and exciting things about the country is what was there before. The true heritage of a country often gets lost in the name of progress and development. [as alluded to by the "Sold" sign stuck in the map, in the dunes]"

@seanb.6793 20 сағат бұрын

I have never seen the video to this song - love it! Thanks

@complac3ncy963 53 секунд бұрын

That vibrato is really noticeable in "I Can See it in Your Eyes". You can hear it at the end of almost every line.

@kevin6667 3 күн бұрын

Colin Hay live is an opportunity that should never be missed!

@user-td4zp4gq2p 2 күн бұрын

Having been a veteran of the hotel industry in NewYork city my favorite humans are Australians by far! My favorite conversations are with Aussies! ❤🐨🐪🐫

@becp488 Күн бұрын

Haha. The camels.

@AviatorLuber Күн бұрын

That was a fun one! I never noticed all those details in the video before, even the stuffed koala!

@thanksfernuthin Күн бұрын

He's singing about Australia as a mythical place. Hearing the thunder is part of painting the picture of a dangerous land.

@robertboyer1086 3 күн бұрын

I saw Colin solo a couple of times in a very intimate venue. Between songs he would talk about music, what it meant, how it was inspired and his experiences within the music industry. A very charismatic man and performer. His solo work is definitely worth a listen.

@grahamokeefe9406 3 күн бұрын

Saw him open for BNL a few years back. He did a great set

@curtismitchell4885 3 күн бұрын

I caught him with BareNaked Ladies at red rocks about a year ago. It was awesome.

@williambill5172 3 күн бұрын

Agreed from what I hear (and wish I knew firsthand). I have heard him called Australia's Jimmy Buffett.

@MIW2447 3 күн бұрын

Overkill - Acoustic Version is my favourite

@farfromperfek 3 күн бұрын

I tell people seeing Colin Haye is like going to a top-notch comedy show with phenomenonal music in between.

@deonjames1041 2 күн бұрын

I’m going to forgive the vegimite slander, it’s a delicacy crafted by the gods

@bastardferret869 Күн бұрын

By the looks of it I just have to ask... which gods? 😁 Kidding... kinda. I do want to try some one day.

@priscillapenelopepicklenos6303 Күн бұрын

🤮 🤣

@spiderfan1974 Күн бұрын

@@bastardferret869a little goes a long way when you try it. Butter some toast and lightly spread some on that toast. It doesnt taste bad at all.

@sylph4721 Күн бұрын

Exactly - sparingly with favourite toast & butter, @@spiderfan1974

@Slugbug Күн бұрын

I tried Vegemite while visiting Australia several years ago. It's one of the most foul things I have ever voluntarily put into my own mouth. But some people have weird tastes, I don't hold it against you if you like it but now when it's offered to me I know to politely decline.

@JmagicD 6 сағат бұрын

I remember when they played live at the summer Olympics in Australia this song has been officially adopted as the national song of Australia

@williamfragaszy6016 2 күн бұрын

As an American, I find this video hilarious. I can only imagine how much Australians love this song and video.

@jon-paulfilkins7820 4 күн бұрын

Quick Translations: fried-out Kombi - Worn out VW van Vegemite Sandwich - Vegemite is a salty yeast extract, used to 'lift' Gravy, or with cheese in a sandwich... A Vegemite Sandwich may also be slang for a punch Chunder - a slurred version of "Watch out Under", slang for vomiting.

@angelbear_og 3 күн бұрын

Don't forget "head full of zombie"!

@edwardmunoz7853 3 күн бұрын

" with a slack jaw and not much to say"

@markadams3976 3 күн бұрын

apparently "watch out under" was the polite warning before you threw up over the rail on a ship - in case anyone had their head out of a lower deck or porthole.

@garylagstrom3864 3 күн бұрын

Next question: on the song Down by the Sea: What are Yonnies in the wind? What is Jump down to Shelters to get away?

@haventthoughtofanameyet6364 3 күн бұрын

I watched the wild thornberries in the 90s i already knew this xD

@erikkennedy8725 3 күн бұрын

Ah, the 80's. This song was so ubiquitous when it came out, it's hard to imagine someone never having heard it before... which means, wow, I'm old.

@nikkijohnston3266 3 күн бұрын

Ah…music from when “Thirty-Something” was about old people.

@KarlRoyale 3 күн бұрын

Sing it out loud brother, sing it out loud

@billmorris8358 3 күн бұрын

After all these years l still adore this song this voice this band

@BKizHEREtoSTAYgames Күн бұрын

Who Can It Be Now and Overkill are both great songs by these guys!

@user-jh2pw1jn4d 21 сағат бұрын

On the topic of Australian music, Silverchair was absolutely legendary in the 90s. Highly suggest you listen to their hit 'Tommorow' they were 15 when they made that!

@mchandaltx 3 күн бұрын

I saw them open for Fleetwood Mac in 1982. They were as animated on stage as they are in the video. On their last song they all hopped off stage like kangaroos, just like they're doing in the middle of the video in the sand. One by one until there was no one left on stage.

@jdorffer 3 күн бұрын

That must have been an amazing show

@carljwnc 3 күн бұрын

I saw them on that tour. I liked them better than Fleetwood Mac. Saw Colin solo a few years ago, he is a wonderful, hilarious, storyteller. And...I think I'm about to buy some tix for the current Men at Work tour.

@paulgifford4688 3 күн бұрын

Fun fact - the flute riff is taken from the children’s song “Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree”. I believe the composer (or her estate, probably) now gets royalties from this song.

@christopherwhite1648 3 күн бұрын

She gave the rights to the girls guides.

@metilaful 2 күн бұрын

Sadly it’s not a fun fact at all, and Greg Ham never got over the accusation that his composition was not original. Yes, “Kookaburra” did win the lawsuit.

@paulgifford4688 2 күн бұрын

@@metilaful From a legal perspective, subconscious plagiarism is still plagiarism. It is now certainly a legal fact, like, most famously, that “My Sweet Lord” is “He’s So Fine”. I did not mean to suggest that losing a lawsuit is fun, merely to point out a bit of legal trivia associated with the song.

@james0xaf 2 күн бұрын

@@paulgifford4688 It was a conscious nod by the flute player. Musicians are generally of the opinion that this ought to be fair use. Publishers are greedy and have good lawyers.

@anthonyohara2132 2 күн бұрын

Cost them 5% of the royalties… and the similarity was brought up on Spicks and Specks who later had Colin on the show. They apologized and Colin admitted that he did nick it.

@matiastimm 10 сағат бұрын

I read somewhere that the line about the thunder (which is first said while a sold sign is pinned to the ground) was metaphorical, about the warning signs that Australian culture was being "sold" (i.e. lost). As for vegemite, it's the Australian marmite. In the UK there is a similar thing with the latter product. I think it's something you either grow up with or never like. It's definitely an acquired taste. Australia is so amazing, and this song always brings me joy when I listen to it.

@maryeckel9682 2 сағат бұрын

I prefer Vegemite to Marmite.