bb_matt
(Hampshire, England) | | Posted: May 20, 2013 - 02:11 | |
Wow, lyrics = bad. Really bad.
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 18:51 | |
ppopp wrote:Catchy enough, but these have to be the pithiest lyrics outside of a Hootie And The Blowfish album.
Thanks I'll check them out. And thanks RP. |
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 18:49 | |
oaktreem wrote:Some of the worst lyrics ever. It was bad enough until 'God put me on hold'. Absolutely terrible.
You've not seen him solo live? He's extermely sardonic, ironic, some would even say, insulting. You never heard or saw Men at Work? Puleeaase! And I thought smart US people liked the Daily Show? Better check my humor meter............... |
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oaktreem
(Australia) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 22:35 | |
Some of the worst lyrics ever. It was bad enough until 'God put me on hold'. Absolutely terrible.
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dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 14:53 | |
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 05:52 | |
ppopp wrote:Catchy enough, but these have to be the pithiest lyrics outside of a Hootie And The Blowfish album. I'm not sure if they're pithy, but they are pretty goofy in spots; not necessarily in a bad way. |
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ppopp
(Portland, Oregon) | | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 12:16 | |
Catchy enough, but these have to be the pithiest lyrics outside of a Hootie And The Blowfish album.
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RussNelson
| | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 11:18 | |
vhope1 wrote:The "...or a woman if you are one" is really, really awkward.
Clearly you don't understand that that is the *point*. |
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jules44
(Sunny North Carolina) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 11:14 | |
Travelfan160 wrote:I just saw Colin Friday evening at Berklee Performance Center in Boston and he opened this song with a great story about a friend being bitten by a shark as he was swimming in the sea and singing this song. In addition to being a fantastic performer with a great voice, he's a terrifically funny storyteller. Yes! I saw him a year ago...great show. |
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Travelfan160
| | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 13:18 | |
I just saw Colin Friday evening at Berklee Performance Center in Boston and he opened this song with a great story about a friend being bitten by a shark as he was swimming in the sea and singing this song. In addition to being a fantastic performer with a great voice, he's a terrifically funny storyteller. |
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gregwood
| | Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 20:02 | |
Saw Colin in Australia at a festival in 1996... He still can sing... although I don't enjoy all his music. Still think his "Men at Work" period is his best.
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pinnyrat
| | Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 16:43 | |
This guy likes a lot of stuff that I don't give a crap about.
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toomanyollys
(43.360368,77.020855) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 03:18 | |
jools wrote:Must be the only song ever to reference lapsang souchong which is reason enough for me to bump this from 8 > 9 |
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Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville") | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 03:14 | |
sonofsun wrote:Awful lyrics, really crass. Awful I suppose I can understand, but what's so crass about it? His comment about sleeping with Marie even though she doesn't love him? If that offends you, the real world has some really nasty surprises in for you. |
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jools
(Brighton UK) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 03:13 | |
Must be the only song ever to reference lapsang souchong
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 10:55 | |
vhope1 wrote:The "...or a woman if you are one" is really, really awkward. I find it amusingly glib. Maybe you're taking it too seriously? |
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sonofsun
| | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 10:54 | |
Awful lyrics, really crass.
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Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 10:54 | |
this was good after first Elliott Smith's very sad song and then Patty Griffin's extremely sad song which I had never really listened to. Ayayay.
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Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 10:54 | |
Proclivities wrote:...and the surest way to look serious is to hold a ukulele-sized guitar(?).  With one eye looking this way, and the other that ...   |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 12:56 | |
dggeek wrote:I really enjoy Colin Hay, but that's a terrible cover. He looks like he's trying WAY too hard to strike a serious pose. ...and the surest way to look serious is to hold a ukulele-sized guitar(?). |
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vhope1
(Sacramento, CA) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 12:55 | |
I get the point, but the lyrics are a little, oh, dull and simple. The "...or a woman if you are one" is really, really awkward.
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craigh
| | Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 19:10 | |
It's about appreciating the simple freedoms in life. Sometimes it's ok to lower your expectations and just enjoy the simple things like this song.
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Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 05:18 | |
Cynaera wrote:Deceptively simple lyrics, which is part of the reason I love this song. It's another of those pieces of music that just gentles me when my insides are in a turmoil and the world seems out to get me.  Let me also add this previous post: "If you were a recovering alcoholic like Colin (and me), you would understand the beauty and peace to this song." Until you've been there you won't truly comprehend the understanding noted in both the above posts. |
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Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 14:27 | |
Deceptively simple lyrics, which is part of the reason I love this song. It's another of those pieces of music that just gentles me when my insides are in a turmoil and the world seems out to get me. |
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madebytim
(Denmark) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 14:27 | |
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jinthefields
(left, after the big rock) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 15:57 | |
If you were a recovering alcoholic like Colin (and me), you would understand the beauty and peace to this song.
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pinnyrat
| | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 15:46 | |
This song should be called "I Like Stuff".
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SinisterDexter
| | Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 04:58 | |
michaelgmitchell wrote:And I like cheese toast.
(Wow, such rinky-dink lyrics.)
Agreed. |
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madebytim
(Denmark) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 07:07 | |
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RussNelson
| | Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 19:45 | |
Go buy the album, Man At Work. It's chock-full of excellent songs. A number are covers of Men At Work, re-interpreted. I likes very much. :D
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