"Down Under" is a song recorded by #Australian #rock band #MenAtWork. It was originally self-released in 1980 as the #Bside to their first local single, "Keypunch Operator", before the band signed a recording contract with #ColumbiaRecords. Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders, #ColinHay and #RonStrykert. The early version of "#DownUnder" has a slightly slower tempo and different arrangement from the later Columbia release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeeBH294v6I
#ColinHay
#nowplaying während der #abendrunde mit #django
#ColinHay - #overkill
Für alle #menatwork #fans eine absolute "muss-ich-haben" Scheibe
#musiktipp #hörenswert
#ColinHay’s still too busy for your Vegemite jokes. Fierce Mercy bloomed out of sunrise photos and a certain age creeping in. “You never really leave it behind,” he says. “It’s all just so present.” Retirement? Not even on the menu.
If you need him, he’ll be writing love songs and dodging questions about 1983.
https://www.lpm.org/music/2017-02-14/colin-hay-ive-tried-to-avoid-working-for-the-last-40-years
#OnThisDay in 1953, #ColinHay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work - "Who Can It Be Now?"; Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band, 2003, 2008, 2018-present), born in Saltcoats, Scotland.
#HappyBirthday #72 🎉🎂✨🥂♡ ༘*
Happy Birthday to Colin Hay born on this day in 1953.
#nowplaying
#ColinHay - #overkill
Wer #menatwork mag sollte sich unbedingt diese Scheibe holen
#nowplaying während der #abendrunde mit #django
#menatwork - #drheckleandmrjive
Ich liebe dieses album
Wird nur noch übertroffen vom #accustic Set von #ColinHay
Kann ich nur empfehlen
Hitting up some Men At Work/Colin Hay today.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVNnQokQMDKMydk9QmA_Q-QDeVupCpSRA
Ted Tocks Covers
Down Under
Originally posted on November 2, 2022
On this day in 1983, Men At Work began a four week run at #1 on the U.S. music charts.
“Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, “Do you speak-a my language?”
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich”
#menatwork #colinhay #jameslast #ringostarr #leekernaghan #LeoMoracchioli #pennywise #Bandit
Hey SFBA, a musician who has been on my radar is Colin Hay.
If you are old like me, you might remember him from Men At Work. If you are less old, you might only know him from a guest appearance on Scrubs.
He'll play 2 shows in the SF Bay area on January 24 & 25.
I might go to one or both.
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Colin Hay:
🎵 Overkill (acoustic version)
https://colinhay.bandcamp.com/track/overkill-acoustic-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bbgiWfaHG6Vruyg3OWQuU
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55kiq57r1ErxcYnr6B3P6g
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Colin Hay:
🎵 Overkill (acoustic version)
https://colinhay.bandcamp.com/track/overkill-acoustic-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bbgiWfaHG6Vruyg3OWQuU
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r22YroTqfHn6X0RvVg67f
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
A last one from Colin Hay. My all-time favourite.
The video quality is crap, but that does not matter.
Just listen. Yes, the whole text.
/* And don't miss the comments */
Down Under
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said
"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and man plunder
Can′t you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said
"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and man chunder
Can′t you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"
"Can't you hear, can′t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"
Gets me. Always.
youtube.com/watch?v=3Pvi4uKuaw…
Beautiful World
My, my, my it′s a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free
Or a woman if you are one
I like swimming in the sea
Oh my, my, my it's a beautiful world
I like drinking Irish tea
With a little bit of Lapsang Souchong
I like making my own tea
Oh my, my, my it′s a beautiful world
I like driving in my car
I'll roll the top down, sometimes I travel quite far
And drive to the ocean and stare up at the stars
I like driving in my car
All around is anger
And automatic guns
It's death in large numbers
No respect for women or our little ones
I tried talking to Jesus
But He just put me on hold
Said, "He′d been swamped by calls this week
He could not shake His cold"
And still this emptiness persists
Perhaps this is as good as it gets
You′ve given up the drink
And those nasty cigarettes
I leave the party early, at least with no regrets
I watch the sun as it comes up, I watch it as it sets
Yeah, this is as good as it gets
So my, my, my it's a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free
Or a woman if you are one
I like swimming in the sea
Yeah
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 7 - Day 37
Waterloo Sunset
An English classic released on this day in 1967.
“Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night?
People so busy, make me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise”
#TheKinks #DavidEssex #CathyDennis #DamonAlbarn #DavidBowie #TheCrouchEndFestivalChorus #JacksonBrowne #DefLeppard #PeterGabriel #TheJam #FirstAidKit #ColinHay
LISTEN LOCAL
WTSA
Mastodon Post
Totally by accident, leading up to today's noon news break, I came in on the end of the first episode of WTSA's new local music program, "Listen Local."
https://wtsaradio.com/listen-local/
"Listen Local" features music by local acts and by other acts playing locally. The show is hosted by Mitch Harrison of Next Chapter Records in Putney, Vermont. Local bands named under the "Episode One" heading are Whiskey Treaty Roadshow and Jake McKelvie and the Countertops. Non-local acts named are Colin Hay, Carsie Blanton, Ellis Paul, Lucy Kaplansky, and Amythyst Kiah.
WTSA has a mobile app. In fact, I haven't listened any other way in a very long time.
If the program has gotten a lot of fanfare so far, I am not aware of it. A search of Facebook's Southern Vermont Music Scene, for instance, turned up no references to it. Maybe this Mastodon post can help.
:
Music Museum of New England Ellis Paul article
https://www.mmone.org/ellis-paul/
Great photo of him!
:
#amythystkiah #brattleboro #carsieblanton #colinhay #ellispaul #jakemckelvieandthecountertops #listenlocalwtsaradio #lucykaplansky #mitchharrison #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #nextchapterrecordsputneyvermont #putneyvermont #southernvermontmusicscene #vermont #vermontbands #vermontmusic #vermontrock #whiskeytreatyroadshow #wtsaradio
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"Overkill" is a song by Australian pop rock band #MenAtWork. It was released in March 1983 as the second single from their second studio album #Cargo. Written by lead singer #ColinHay, it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100; No. 5 on the Australian #KentMusicReport Singles Chart; and top 10 in #Canada, #Ireland, and #Norway. The song was a departure from the group's style of #reggae-influenced pop rock, featuring a melancholic feel musically and lyrically.
https://youtu.be/kCZKAxDoUwE
Finished S1, then just now finished S2 E1. Quite a cracker! I really really enjoyed the running joke of #ColinHay (of #MenAtWork) guesting as a roving troubadour; hilarious ep.
The #misogyny hasn't let up unfortunately, but i'm trying hard to ignore it & focus on the many good traits of this clever series.
Stylistically it is quite reminding me of #GilmoreGirls, i think, so that's a good bonus.
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