ottovonb
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A strong contender for happiest song of all time.
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 18:43 | |
Strong base line, not enough sax but still strangely satisfying.
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SCTRANS
(Always changing) | | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 18:42 | |
So right!
drsteevo wrote:I always liked this song, still do. Colin Hay is under-rated.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 11:17 | |
ejmusik wrote:I like this more now than when it was first released. Colin Hay rocks!!!! I do too; nice production. |
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MaryAndrea
(Vada (Li) Italy) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 00:56 | |
Great song!!! An Australian group of the 80's, when "Australian group" was a strange concept. 1985...I spent that summer in bad, with a broken knee, in a kind of depression...but great great song |
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Travelfan160
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drsteevo
(Location Location) | | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 12:15 | |
I always liked this song, still do. Colin Hay is under-rated.
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EssexTex
(Above and Beyond) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 09:03 | |
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 13:55 | |
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 13:53 | |
Yep, me too.... I thought it was horrible when it released and now , well,,,, it just sucks.
Funny how time softens your feelings, huh
ejmusik wrote:I like this more now than when it was first released. Colin Hay rocks!!!!
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Chuckaluphagus
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Hay did a slower, acoustic version of this on his solo album Man @ Work that I prefer over the original. Not that this version is bad, mind you.
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ejmusik
(MD) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 07:54 | |
I like this more now than when it was first released. Colin Hay rocks!!!!
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rm
(Marietta, GA) | | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 13:57 | |
Dislike so much I post this comment and so bad I tuned out.
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eddief
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 12:57 | |
toterola wrote:A nice trip down memory lane. Back in '83 when it came out, the song was a ubiquitous, stunningly great hit. I think it's aged well.  Agreed. Good then, good now. Nice to hear. |
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snowcat
(Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 18:22 | |
Krispian wrote:Why does the release date say 1996? That was the release date for Contraband, the greatest hits compilation, rather than Cargo. This song still sounds as fresh today as it did back in '83. |
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Krispian
(Sydney, Australia) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:29 | |
Why does the release date say 1996?
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:26 | |
lmic wrote:Who knew just how credible Colin Hay would come to be seen, after all? Fun tune, 8
Oh yea, his recent releases are most excellent!  |
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:24 | |
Who knew just how credible Colin Hay would come to be seen, after all? Fun tune, 8
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:22 | |
Great song even though it was at risk for er....Overkill!  |
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ScottFromWyoming
(Powell) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 16:35 | |
oilydwarf wrote:On the subject of antipodean bands, has anyone heard Hunters and Collectors? Big in Oz apparently but never had any exposure in the UK or probably the US. Bill - think you'd like them!
They got some MTv time here, and a few major-label distributed albums. I interviewed Doug Falconer on the radioo back in *cough* 1985 or so. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 21:17 | |
I remember it well... still have this album...
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 08:34 | |
A nice trip down memory lane. Back in '83 when it came out, the song was a ubiquitous, stunningly great hit. I think it's aged well. |
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spicymonkey
(Cave Junction, OR) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 14:52 | |
vit wrote:
Just the opposite for me. I've been trying to dodge crap all day and missing all the good stuff. This is the first time I got it right, tuning in right after she quit trying to sing.
That's a very valid point; to each his own. I was merely implying that it was not a very good segue (as Bill is usually really good at that kind of thing). |
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vit
| | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 14:48 | |
spicymonkey wrote:What a terrible follow up to Feist.
Just the opposite for me. I've been trying to dodge crap all day and missing all the good stuff. This is the first time I got it right, tuning in right after she quit trying to sing. |
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spicymonkey
(Cave Junction, OR) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 14:43 | |
What a terrible follow up to Feist.
Edit: What a terrible spacer between Feist and Mazzy Star.
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slowhand
(NC) | | Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 14:29 | |
terrible overplayed...but it was wonderful hearing it when it first broke.
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kiwitony
(Leicester, England) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 02:05 | |
oilydwarf wrote:On the subject of antipodean bands, has anyone heard Hunters and Collectors? Big in Oz apparently but never had any exposure in the UK or probably the US. Bill - think you'd like them! Now there's a band I've not heard mentioned for a long time! They were big in NZ as well in the 80's. Saw them live in London in about 1990... most excellent  |
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kiwitony
(Leicester, England) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 01:58 | |
Check out the acoustic versions of this on YouTube... better than the original I think
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oilydwarf
| | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 01:56 | |
On the subject of antipodean bands, has anyone heard Hunters and Collectors? Big in Oz apparently but never had any exposure in the UK or probably the US. Bill - think you'd like them!
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milchschnitte
(Hamburg, Germany) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 01:55 | |
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