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Colin Hay — Beautiful World
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bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: May 20, 2013 - 02:11
 
Wow, lyrics = bad. Really bad.

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.

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...............

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.

dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 14:53
 
Like

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.

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.

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*.



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.



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. 



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.

pinnyrat
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 16:43
 
This guy likes a lot of stuff that I don't give a crap about.

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 

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.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 03:13
 
Must be the only song ever  to reference lapsang souchong

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?

sonofsun
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 10:54
 
Awful lyrics, really crass.

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.

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(?).  {#Lol}

 
With one eye looking this way, and the other that ... {#Eyes}


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. {#Lol}
 
...and the surest way to look serious is to hold a ukulele-sized guitar(?).  {#Lol}


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.

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.

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. {#Sunny}
 
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.



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. {#Sunny}

madebytim
(Denmark)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 14:27
 
rinky dinky dooooo

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.

pinnyrat
Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 15:46
 
This song should be called "I Like Stuff".

SinisterDexter
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 04:58
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
And I like cheese toast.

(Wow, such rinky-dink lyrics.)
 

Agreed.

madebytim
(Denmark)
Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 07:07
 
Pling pling 

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

killahfunkadelic
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 15:13
 
had the great pleasure of catching Colin doing an acoustic concert last weekend in NC. It was a fantastic show—and Colin is a riot to boot—what a great sense of humor on the little stories he shared with the audience. Picked up his new release, Gathering Mercury, and some poignant tracks on there about his father's passing.  He is a class act and I wish him all the continued success he deserves.

PA1749
(Jim Thorpe, PA)
Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 12:22
 

How can anyone not like this? It carries me.



michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 21:10
 
And I like cheese toast.

(Wow, such rinky-dink lyrics.)



Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia)
Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 06:24
 
 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. {#Lol}
 
And that's exactly why it's so hilarious! I get the feeling that CH does NOT take himself too seriously.

Love this song and CH.


Vandy005
(dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach)
Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 13:27
 
Whoever thought when I was spinning the Cargo LP back in Jr. High that this guy would still be around today making music like this... soooo good.



iTuner
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 08:59
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

Yeah, well, it's his song and by golly he can sing it any way he wants, but there was nothing wrong with the original and IMHO destroying the pace and meter for the sake of political correctness is taking political correctness too far. Besides, there are so many other ways to do it other than the way he did. Sigh.
 
I agree, was thinking the same thing.

Cruzan
(AUSTIN, TX)
Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 08:38
 
Is is just me or does he sound like Randy Newman here?
that's not such a good thing.

Although I did like the old Men at Work stuff except for the songs that radio played to death.



rah
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 10:45
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

Yeah, well, it's his song and by golly he can sing it any way he wants, but there was nothing wrong with the original and IMHO destroying the pace and meter for the sake of political correctness is taking political correctness too far. Besides, there are so many other ways to do it other than the way he did. Sigh. It's his song, right?

 
What??


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 14:12
 
 lmic wrote:
"(or a woman if you are one...)"


 
Yeah, well, it's his song and by golly he can sing it any way he wants, but there was nothing wrong with the original and IMHO destroying the pace and meter for the sake of political correctness is taking political correctness too far. Besides, there are so many other ways to do it other than the way he did. Sigh. It's his song, right?


vivakitty
(The Girl Who Wrecks Your Dreams)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 14:08
 
I so much prefer the more acoustic version of this found on the Scrubs soundtrack.

Sodak_Scott
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 14:07
 
This man's at work

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:28
 
He's got John McCain's arms

dggeek
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:28
 
 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
 joshfm wrote:
One look at the album cover, and I think to myself, "FREAK."
 now that is some elegant trolling. a true virtuoso
brainstem
I like CH acoustic.  The acoustic version of Who Can It Be Now is better than the original I think.

 
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. {#Lol}

rosedraws
(close to the edge)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:26
 
This sounds very Barenakedladies to me... 
I like it. 

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:26
 
Man, this guy ain't gettin NO love! Listen, this is not the lead singer of Men at Work, this is Colin Hay, an excellent singersongwriter in his own right. Get over it people!

Spud
(Newcastle, Australia)
Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 22:14
 
 EssexTex wrote:

Not quite....the owners of the tune at the start of "Land down under" are after the poor guy for copyright infringement.

They want to sue Men at work for millions.

I feel quite sorry for him...

 

The courts recently found against Colin Hayes and Men at Work.  I believe the lawyers are presently working out how much the damages will be.  Personally I cannot hear any resemblance between the two songs.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 12:06
 
 decorgirl wrote:
I  like Pens!  
 

Then you should definitely go to Pen island.

peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 08:33
 
wow

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 08:33
 
 savoyard wrote:
Yeah Yeah,,,you made your millions off of one song and now you can enjoy life.
 
Not quite....the owners of the tune at the start of "Land down under" are after the poor guy for copyright infringement.

They want to sue Men at work for millions.

I feel quite sorry for him...


nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 08:32
 
 decorgirl wrote:
I  like Pens!  
  
Typo?