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Men At Work — Overkill
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ottovonb
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 11:56
 
A strong contender for happiest song of all time.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 09, 2012 - 18:43
 
Strong base line, not enough sax but still strangely satisfying.

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.

 



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.

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{#Cheers}

Travelfan160
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 08:43
 
I LOVE his voice!

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 12:15
 
I always liked this song, still do.  Colin Hay is under-rated.


EssexTex
(Above and Beyond)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 09:03
 
Genius...

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 13:55
 
What a good song!

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!!!!
 



Chuckaluphagus
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 07:58
 
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.

ejmusik
(MD)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 07:54
 
I like this more now than when it was first released. Colin Hay rocks!!!!

rm
(Marietta, GA)
Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 13:57
 
Dislike so much I post this comment and so bad I tuned out.

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. {#Wave}
 

Agreed.  Good then, good now.  Nice to hear.

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. 

Krispian
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:29
 
Why does the release date say 1996?

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!{#Clap}

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

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 15:22
 
Great song even though it was at risk for er....Overkill!{#Lol}


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.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 21:17
 


I remember it well...  still have this album...



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. {#Wave}

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).

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.


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.


slowhand
(NC)
Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 14:29
 
terrible overplayed...but it was wonderful hearing it when it first broke.

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 {#Yes}

kiwitony
(Leicester, England)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 01:58
 
Check out the acoustic versions of this on YouTube... better than the original I think

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!

milchschnitte
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 01:55
 
i love the saxophone.

von_Hayek
(Fr-Su Duesseldorf, Mo-Th Magdeburg)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 11:47
 
Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Come back another day.....{#Yes}

michaelgmitchell
(ON, Canada)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 11:46
 
Perhaps you can't get to sleep because of all the SCREAMING in the final verses, man.

redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 11:45
 
what can you say, they weren't great. but i liked the singer's voice, and the base line is pretty cool....hey what am i saying, my toe is tapping!! {#Dance} solid 7

Kokoloco53
(Safford, AZ)
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 13:35
 
Forgot about this fine group, Men At Work, at first I was thinking it was The Police, but was surprised. Great group from the 80's when I still had enough youthful energy to chase the women. I still chase the women, but they just run faster than I can keep up.

vivakitty
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 13:26
 
Aw, I like 'em.  One man's sucko-barfo is another man's pleasantly mindless pop.

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 13:25
 
okay... i can live with kate bush's caterwauling every other day and those goofy barenaked ladies tunes but i REALLY don't get why these guys are in the rotation here at rp. don't get me wrong, i love rp, i listen constantly and give my fair share but this is awful.

steve_san_carlos
(Ummm...San Carlos, California!)
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 13:23
 
Upon hearing the first notes of this piece of absolute crap, I barfed my vegamite sandwich into a nearby garbage pail.

susanjinx1
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 09:08
 
I am SO over this song
Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 08:56
 
Aptly named.
iransofaraway
(Ramona, CA)
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 08:56
 
Great song. If you want to hear a good female vocal rendition, look for The Benjamin Gate - Overkill. :)
Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Apr 25, 2008 - 08:08
 
Great song. I like Colin Hay's solo acoustic version of it even better (on "Scrubs" soundtrack and on his CD, "Man At Work").
mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 10:25
 
Day after day, we appear...


Egrey
(WASH, DC)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 10:24
 
IMO this song has aged extremely well. Still great.
pme
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 10:23
 
I had the opportunity to see Colin play in a small San Francisco venue last year. One of my favorite shows ever. Half concert half stand-up routine. Made for a great night. This is great, but I prefer his acoustic solo version.
nikcastellan
(Los Angeles, CA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 11:29
 
There's something inspired about that jump up an octave in the vocal, repeating the first verse after the sax solo - still inspires chills. Fantastically desperate and yet polished all at the same time.

This was a veritable theme song for a group of insomniac musicians I knew in Austin in the 90's. Fun to hear it again. (and a perfect segue to Mazzy Star. I'm loving this set...)
trekhead
(HORTA-Culture)
Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 11:23
 

Taraincognito
(Mountainous rugged terrain.)
Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 14:20
 
I've been in love with Colin's voice since I was 8
Talk about a lifelong crush.
superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 04:37
 
This corny song is still really fun to listen to. go go 80's retro.
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Oct 09, 2007 - 18:50
 
Wow! What a thought! I bet that's exactly what it was to a bunch of you either younger or more open-minded than I! Found it new and disgusting, myself, MTV being to music what movies are to books: a usurpation of the proper role of the individual imagination.


It's a lot more than that. For a lot of people that was the first way we got to see the bands that we loved in a "live" setting. Before MTV started up there was only "Midnight Special" or "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert" for live performances or "King Biscuit Flower Hour" for audio only. Back when MTV first started it played everyone (hardly anyone even had a video to their name back then so even odd bands that would never get one minute of playtime on a clear channel radio station (or ironically on MTV today because it's not sure fire demographically proven non threatening consumer friendly mass produced easy access banal shit because the music industry has such a HIGH opinion of the people that buy their product) got airplay on MTV). PLUS MTV was all videos all day every day back then (at least after it went to a 24 hour a day format). Now if you can find a 24 hour stretch on MTV that plays even 3 hours of music you picked a good day
That's cool that you are a believer in the personal vision of interpretation of a song- but speaking as a former musician I was dying to see these new songs and bands played live if only for the purpose of improving playing technique and learning new riffs and chords etc. And keep in mind some bands were very excited to present visuals to go along with their sounds (maybe they should have consulted you first before they profaned their own songs with imagery that they personally devised).
I don't see this in the same light that I see an author letting another person take control of their creation and then present it in any way they see fit. Musicians are normally very involved in the process of making videos of their own songs and hopefully most times the end product comes out fairly close to the artist's original visions of what the video should be like.
iransofaraway
(Ramona, CA)
Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 09:47
 
I never thought this was written by Men at Work, because I heard it performed by The Benjamin Gate (with a female vocalist.) I love their version, and the original now that I've heard it...