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| TravelRat (Siberia) | Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 04:12 jjbix wrote: It was sort of cute 15 years ago . . . now it's just trite. 15 years ago?? Try 25 years ago... Crap, I'm getting old. |
| TravelRat (Siberia) | Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 04:10 We were pummeled with this song on the radio in the 80s. Some MaW stuff isn't bad, but this...eh...  |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 13:45 More_Cowbell wrote: It was a mistake to upload this song to RP. Hey! I resemble that remark. Offense taken!  |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 13:41 chirpie wrote: I like the content of the song, (lyrics) but the actual execution of it is very of it's time. My guess is if you weren't there the first time around it might not appeal to much to a person just hearing it now. I still like it. |
| chirpie (olathe, kansas) | Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 09:52 I like the content of the song, (lyrics) but the actual execution of it is very of it's time. My guess is if you weren't there the first time around it might not appeal to much to a person just hearing it now. |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 14:04 andrewimft wrote: Considering it's a timeless song about a nuclear accident by great musicians I'd say it transcends the oldie genre into aomething more special, as are a good CD's worth of their smart tuneful songs.
Great musicians had a nuclear accident? I totally missed that one in the papers. Please give details. |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 15:31 andrewimft wrote: Considering it's a timeless song about a nuclear accident by great musicians I'd say it transcends the oldie genre into aomething more special, as are a good CD's worth of their smart tuneful songs. Brilliant! |
| Johnny-smooth (On my bicycle) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 15:31 YUK, please make it stop |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 15:30 I always loved this song... always made me a little sad though... I wish so many people could come out and say those three little words... |
| newyorkone (NYC) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 15:29 Colin Hays and the Men at Work gang...great song writing and brings back fond memories. These will always be timeless classics in my book. Trite...never! |
| realsleep | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 15:28 I don't think this one aged very well. Other Men at Work songs will be great forever, but this one is nothing special. |
| andrewimft (North Californie) | Posted: Apr 06, 2008 - 03:28 jjbix wrote: It was sort of cute 15 years ago . . . now it's just trite.
Considering it's a timeless song about a nuclear accident by great musicians I'd say it transcends the oldie genre into aomething more special, as are a good CD's worth of their smart tuneful songs. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 15:47 It was sort of cute 15 years ago . . . now it's just trite. breakloose wrote: Men at Work... Another great Aussie export to the world! |
| breakloose (Sydney - Australia) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 15:00 Men at Work... Another great Aussie export to the world! |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 14:59 It was a mistake to upload this song to RP. |
| bokey (I'm up on the tightwire one sides ice and one is fire) | Posted: Feb 03, 2008 - 04:51 All Colin.I gotta think there's about 4 or 5 guys thanking God every royalty check day for having been the spare part in the right place at the right time. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 02, 2007 - 08:39 steve_san_carlos wrote: Right now I'm doing yard work with RP streaming from my WM5 PDA into my garage stereo system. But I had to run in to give my opinion on this M.A.W. song. It is unbelievably barfo sucko. Send this P.O.S. song and band back to the oblivion heap where it belongs!
Go back to raking your leaves in the backyard. We like you better out there (as does your spouse)! |
| xkolibuul (Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees) | Posted: Nov 01, 2007 - 00:27 For you youngsters who didn't catch the 80s: this is as good as pop got back then. I'm not taking this song too far, I mean its still pop, but sure does bring back a few memories. |
| (former member) (Land of the Long White Cloud) | Posted: Nov 01, 2007 - 00:23 cochlear wrote: Simply transporting. Backward in time, with great feeling. Warm smiles here...
Got me dancing, tapping...part of me formative years!  |
| Drunkenlilacwine (between darkness and light) | Posted: Sep 30, 2007 - 18:18 I haven't heard this song in ages. This is amazing. |
| steve_san_carlos | Posted: Sep 30, 2007 - 13:20 Right now I'm doing yard work with RP streaming from my WM5 PDA into my garage stereo system. But I had to run in to give my opinion on this M.A.W. song. It is unbelievably barfo sucko. Send this P.O.S. song and band back to the oblivion heap where it belongs! |
| ChrisInCT | Posted: Jul 29, 2007 - 16:51 now that you mention it....i think it IS Summer's Day!!!! ChrisInCT wrote: guess its a mistake by you! |
| cochlear (Kauai, Hawaii) | Posted: Jul 29, 2007 - 16:29 Simply transporting. Backward in time, with great feeling. Warm smiles here... |
| snowcat (Another Minnesoter) | Posted: Jul 29, 2007 - 16:26 Nothing but great warmth and sound out of this one. One of the best from one of the actual good bands to come out of the Eighties. |
| tinybubbles (seattle) | Posted: Jul 29, 2007 - 16:26 I remember going to see them at the Greek Theater with Mental As Anything. Ah, youth...  |
| killahfunkadelic (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Apr 26, 2007 - 08:14 there's something about MAW tunes that always just put me in a good mood. Could be that "Cargo" was one of the first cassettes I ever owned, think it was #2 after The Police, 'Ghost In The Machine'. |
| supergroverx (Los Angeles) | Posted: Mar 25, 2007 - 20:10 They so rocked this out on Solid Gold. 9 year old me was very psyched. 10. Still one of my faves. |
| veegez (Minnesoter) | Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 16:16 Faulplz wrote: Ditto! Total blast from the past! And so nice to hear something besides "Land Down Under" which is what all the nostalgia stations play. (Strange - I notice "Be Good Johnny" is also in the playlist but it has never been played. Too bad. It's one of my favorites from them.) This is my favorite from these guys. I think from the same album "Cargo"? are songs called "Blue For You" and "Overkill". Decent songs. Not earth shattering, but still good. Men At Work on the playlist is just another reason I love RP and it's creators. It's diverse up in here! |
| Faulplz (Too far from home) | Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 14:21 wildhaire wrote: Wow, this takes me back to junior high school days!
Such an under-appreciated band. Ditto! Total blast from the past! And so nice to hear something besides "Land Down Under" which is what all the nostalgia stations play. (Strange - I notice "Be Good Johnny" is also in the playlist but it has never been played. Too bad. It's one of my favorites from them.) |
| Alexandra (The American Riviera--so come visit!!!) | Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 14:14 wildhaire wrote: Wow, this takes me back to junior high school days!
Such an under-appreciated band. Junior year in high school for me! This was always one of my favorites! |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:39 Saw these guys in concert in the mid 80's. One of the most boring groups ever! The same effect could have been had by placing 5 mannequins on stage. The only group more comatose was the Cars! |
| ChrisInCT | Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:37 donpdonp wrote: for as long as ive known this song, i thought the lyric was "its summer's day"
 guess its a mistake by you! |
| Land_Shark (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:28 Now that was fun! |
| donpdonp (Portland, Or) | Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:25 for as long as ive known this song, i thought the lyric was "its summer's day" |
| drtjdel (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2007 - 11:24 electronicshaman wrote: the beginning of this track sounds a lot like talking heads
Burning Down the House? |
| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: Jan 08, 2007 - 20:52 the beginning of this track sounds a lot like talking heads |
| ElSupreme (ATL) | Posted: Dec 10, 2006 - 20:03 Hey I am a man at work. On a Sunday night ... Waiting for the coffee to brew.   |
| Relayer (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Nov 26, 2006 - 05:21 Jack_Jefferson wrote: Does he have a lazy eye or glass eye (like Sammy Davis Jr.)? I believe it is a lazy eye, and I also believe I heard Colin say that the record company he started is called Lazy Eye Records. At least he has a good sense of humor! |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: Nov 26, 2006 - 05:18 Influenced by Wings? |
| redeyespy (Sunny, FL) | Posted: Nov 11, 2006 - 15:03 Even if the nostalgia wore off (it hasn't), the fine songwriting and bittersweet vibe of MAW would make for worthwhile, timeless musicianship. |
| wildhaire (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:50 Wow, this takes me back to junior high school days! Such an under-appreciated band. |
| junebaby65 (Cleveland, OH) | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:50 It's definitely a mistake.. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:49 samiyam wrote: Big compliments to RP for playing a song which should have gotten more attention when it came out.
Too bad these guys imploded. I'm in your corner. I always liked this tune, and agree that it has been underappreciated. Sorry for you folks that don't see the merit of it. Just because it's poppy, in a reggae framework, doesn't necessarily detract from it, IMHO. It's also a great anti-war song. How timely... |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:48 i don't get the fascination rp has for these guys. they suck. |
| meower (Philadelphia) | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 - 08:47 Xeric wrote: re the title: It certainly is.
Pop dreck, sorry. I completely agree, I never liked these guys, or this song |
| samiyam | Posted: Sep 14, 2006 - 01:02 Big compliments to RP for playing a song which should have gotten more attention when it came out. Too bad these guys imploded. |
| laprincessa | Posted: Aug 30, 2006 - 10:00 Jack_Jefferson wrote: Does he have a lazy eye or glass eye (like Sammy Davis Jr.)? He created a record company called Lazy Eye, I know that much. 
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| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Aug 30, 2006 - 09:58 Veritas wrote: It is indeed Colin Hay, off Men at Work's second album Cargo. Does he have a lazy eye or glass eye (like Sammy Davis Jr.)? |
| laprincessa | Posted: Aug 30, 2006 - 09:58 Oh man, this song brings back some fuuuuun memories! Thanks Bill.  |
| Xeric (Along the Madison) | Posted: Oct 31, 2004 - 18:37 re the title: It certainly is. Pop dreck, sorry. |