Little known fact, Men at work were really the first musical group to use the Internet as a means to promote themselves. Australia, with its vast expanse, was one of the first countries to use the Internet as a social network , and MAW used the system of list-servs, e-mail servers that colleges used as a first kind of social-network email link, designed primarily for professors, before students jumped on board. They were able to piece together an extensive college concert tour throughout the country, and students had a way of tracking their shows throughout the Outback.
Don't feel old, heck in 82 i was just entering my first year of high school, to graduate in 85. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) 😁
The sax at the start was actually a warm up that Greg Ham used. The producer heard it and used it in the recording. I think the song was about a place Colin Hay lived at for a while and people kept knocking on his door looking for drugs and other shit. Every time the door would go he'd wonder who it was this time!
Another really cool song from an Aussie band from this era is "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil. Their Lead Singer, Peter Garrett, later became a member of the Australian Parliament. He may still be there, not sure.
These guys were great , loved the whole album . This song to me is just about mental health days....just stay away today, i dont want to talk or interact , just leave me alone. who in the heck is that at the door , why cant you just leave me alone for a bit and let me rest my mind ect . I personally do this lol. Great song thanks for what you 2 do :)
Whatever summer this was big, I remember being a kid at the beach, everyone had their boom box tuned to the local Top 40 station and you'd hear this song echoing up and down the shore. Right from that first snare hit, I can smell the salt air and Coppertone, hear the seagulls and the ocean waves in the song. That's the cool thing about living in the northeast, every season is so pronounced, that your memories always have a specific feel to them.
Hey again Gina, I see you liked another one I did lol. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) 😁
This is an old one, early MTV. I was in high school when it came out. My sister and I would sing 'who can it be now' when the phone rang. Years later when we moved out, each of us put the chorus on our answering machines, tho she eventually replaced 'who can it be now' with 'hello, is it me you're looking for' from Lionel Richie, hahaha.
When I was a kid I had exactly the same guitar amp model he’s clutching when he sings “I’m happy here with my childhood friend”. Cracks me up every time I see the video.
G'day guys. We are definitely blessed to have had some great music here in Australia. If you haven't checked them out yet, I recommend listening to some Midnight Oil. You also might get a kick out of The Angels...Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again. Gotta be the live version though.
funny story about the writing of this song, the lead singer lived in an apartment that was next to a drug dealer, people would get his door and the drug dealers door mixed up, he had people knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night looking for the drug dealer and it inspired this song...
This song, like so many others back in the day was played on the radio/TV every day literally every hour. As teens back in the early 80's you could not go more than a few hours without hearing it. It, like so many other songs of the time were ingrained into us and the culture of the time. It invokes so many memories of the times I had back then, with friends, girlfriends etc, where I was, what I was doing. This song triggers so many memories.
Colin Hay has been writing and performing brilliant songs since the Men At Work days - do yourself a treat and see how great he has become in his more mature years - Beautiful World, Waiting For My Real Life to Begin and I Just Don't Thin Ill Get Over You are 3 to start your journey. Colin Hay is a style adjacent to your usual. 1980s was a golden era of Pop and Rock in Australia - much more to discover.
If I remember correctly they wrote this song when they had so many bills they were afraid to answer the door or pick up the phone because of bill collectors.
Another theory I've heard is that there were drug dealers living in the apartment next door and Colin would sometimes have shady types knocking on his door.
Now that you're reacting to an iconic Australian band from the 80s, you might want to return to Midnight Oil (Blue Sky Mine, Forgotten Years, Truganini, In the Valley, One Country, My Country) or try the Little River Band (Night Owl, Help is on its way, Take it easy on me, Reminiscing, Cool change).
Roughly the same with me, though I had seen Bob Seger before (also a great show), and they were truly brilliant and fun. Greg didn't do the Kukaburra solo live when I saw them, and I didn't know why. It was too early for the lawsuit thing about his flute solo in Down Under, so I just guessed it was harder to get right live. I can only imagine.
early 80's I ran a rock venue (I was super young)... MAW were our "go to" regular support act for big name bands, sometimes twice a week... good guys and tight live... and Greg Ham (sax player) was a local in my hood until he suicided in '12... RIP Greg.
Other great MAW hits you could try... It's A Mistake and Be Good Johnny. And I highly recommend lead singer Colin Hay's solo songs... try Beautiful World and Waiting for My Real Life to Begin.
Reminds me of growing up with my dad. He hated answering the door. We all stayed quiet so salesmen would not bother us. We only opened if someone called first or if someone yelled that we knew. Too many home invasions this could be a good song for awareness lol.
In the 70’s and 80’s before cel phones, we all ran to answer the phone or front door. It was an event we looked forward to. Those we such good, innocent days.
great song and band, I really love the song Overkill (especially the accoustic version Colin Hay did used on Scrubs). suggestion to check out: Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock n Roll
"It's A Mistake" is my favorite song from them. "Underground" is another good one. Both are about nuclear war with Russia. The more things change the more they stay the same...
Similar to The Police, Oingo Boingo, Payolas, Madness, The Specials, English Beat.. Men at Work were a new wave group, ska/reggae influenced mixed with some punk. Always has 🎷 saxophones in their songs. So this is actually pretty typical of Men at Work. Not much different. lol. Check out "Be Goody Johnny" video next!
A certain percentage of Australian pot smokers called this Australian reggae... and I fully see why. I still believe Overkill is one of the best songs ever written about human depression... please more Men At Work!
These guys helped boost, or maybe even kick off, an American infatuation with Australia during the 80s. It kind of culminated with the movie Crocodile Dundee. Not that it ended there. These guys were actually quite good too. Overkill is another from this same album that I liked a lot.
This song is dangerously catchy. Someone was knocking on my door a year ago and I thought it was my girlfriend, so I was singing this pretty loudly as I went to open the door and it was actually the neighbour who had come to tell me I'd left the back yard hose on over night and flooded their yard. It was a bit embarrassing...
I've always believed this song was about someone who has serious social issues. Someone who's paranoid and doesn't trust anyone. He just wants to be left alone because any interaction with people causes him anxiety. I'm an introvert myself and I can relate.
Lex is on the right track - it's about living in a less-savory part of town and getting disturbed by people knocking on the door for irrelevant or obnoxious reasons - leading to a little borderline paranoia. For a more extreme version of paranoia in song, check out Oingo Boingo's "On The Outside" from the "Only A Lad" album - the paranoia and mental illness just drips from Danny Elfman's vocals like slime from a rotting apple - in the most entrancing way!
It's different when you actually heard this song on the radio all the time and on MTV. It gets etched into your brain. I mean it's interesting watching someone react to it who's never heard it when you know every word to it whether you want to or not.
Always on point about mental health , overkill is one of thee best if not thee best on insight into mental health from a musical standpoint , Top Class .
Love MEN AT WORK! COLIN HAY, who is the lead singer here, has also been a member of RINGO STARR'S (the BEATLES' drummer) ALL STAR BAND that Ringo tours with, for several years, including this year's tour. He was there when I saw Ringo's All Starr Band concert a few years ago. Colin always sings "Who Can it Be Now'' and "LAND DOWN UNDER" HOPE you will react to THAT song as well!
When I was a kid there was a neighbor lady my mom didn't like and she was always knocking on the door. We had to hide behind a wall every time she came so she couldn't see us through the door window.
Good stuff. I really liked Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive from "Cargo." It has one of my favorite lines in any song: Oh, hey hey. He fumbles for what to say. He loves the world...except for all the people."
This was Men At Work’s first international hit . They were really big for about 2 years. The lead singer Colin Haye later went solo and had moderate success. I really loved this band I though they were a cross between The Police (with the reggae influence) and INXS with sax. I was not a music major but I’m pretty sure that’s an alto sax which is probably the most common sax in pop music. It would explain it sounding familiar. I think the sax took this song from hood to great.
Written and sung by Colin Hay. The video is funny! Coincidentally, the sax player was a ham! His name was Greg Ham! L🤣L RIP Greg Ham. As for the song, this is 1 of several songs which deal with strangers and stalkers in the 1980s: Rick Springfield in Don't Talk to Strangers, 1982. The Police with Every Breath You Take, 1983 and Rockwell featuring Michael Jackson with Somebody's Watching Me, 1984. In the 1990s, Sarah McLachlan with Possession. Suggested next video: Men at Work performs Overkill.
Men at Work had many many hits... Overkill It's a Mistake No Sign of Yesterday Be Good Johnny Down under Who Can it Be Now... These were all played frequently on the radio and MTV during the bands hey day.
Until the late 90’s door to door sales were very common. College kids sold newspaper & magazine subscriptions or books. People sold roofing, plumbing, electrical, painting services door to door. Insurance and even burial plots were also common. Many ladies sold Avon or Mary Kay door to door. Some bill collectors would show up at peoples homes as well. I did it myself when I was in college. I quit after a scary incident when a couple of Neighborhood watch members followed me because they thought I looked suspicious. Luckily I made it to the main highway and flagged down my supervisor before I was hurt. Many subdivisions and office have no soliciting signs posted. Occasionally we will get someone selling alarm systems or cable tv at our door but that’s rare. I think the emergence of on line shopping combined with so many elderly people being conned has all but extinct.
They got out 3 albums before breaking up - 2 with the full band and the third was recorded with just three of the five original members. Since they have a small catalog, it's worth getting all three albums. Greg Ham and Rod Strykert sang a few songs which weren't as good as Hayes ditties.
The chorus happens to be my ringtone for unknown callers. 🛎
Brilliant, lol!
Little known fact, Men at work were really the first musical group to use the Internet as a means to promote themselves. Australia, with its vast expanse, was one of the first countries to use the Internet as a social network , and MAW used the system of list-servs, e-mail servers that colleges used as a first kind of social-network email link, designed primarily for professors, before students jumped on board. They were able to piece together an extensive college concert tour throughout the country, and students had a way of tracking their shows throughout the Outback.
We invented Wifi...no one gives us credit but look it up bro, it's a fact. :) Oz was far ahead of the game in regards to the internet...fact.
What...17 years after this song was released?
@@manna6618 what? Wait… Al Gores not Australian… 😂🤣😂🤣
Don't believe the Aussies and their lies. Kiwi's lives matter!
@@vrvaughnyes he is🤣
Man, that saxophone provides quite a hook for the song. You've now done their 3 biggest hits.
Yea and then the drummer bringing back the chorus was great too.
They still need to do It's a Mistake which was a big hit too
I think it was Freud who said that everything's about sax.
@@somethingyousaid5059 😁
RIP Greg Ham.
Back when MTV actually played music videos.
Didn't matter what time you turned it on, you'd find this playing.
This channel has done a good job of playing a lot of music I knew first from MTV, even songs or bands I never followed beyond the videos we saw.
I’ve felt like this often with strangers knocking on my door. Even friends I don’t feel like seeing at the time. Very relatable.
ME TOO!!!
My husband laughs when I say..." I like my internet friends best. I can just turn them off when I want to"😉
This song was out 40 years ago right now and I feel so old. In fact, it was the #1 song on the Hot 100 last week in 1982. (Chart ending 10/30/82)
Don't feel old, heck in 82 i was just entering my first year of high school, to graduate in 85. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) 😁
I left school in this year.
The sax at the start was actually a warm up that Greg Ham used. The producer heard it and used it in the recording. I think the song was about a place Colin Hay lived at for a while and people kept knocking on his door looking for drugs and other shit. Every time the door would go he'd wonder who it was this time!
Yeah, but I think it was the next door neighbor who was a dealer, I guess they would mistakenly knock on his door as well sometimes
@@blindriv3r That makes sense 👍🏻
When Colin Hay goes to that upper register there is no band that throttles their music up more. His voice is an extraordinary instrument of joy.
Another really cool song from an Aussie band from this era is "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil. Their Lead Singer, Peter Garrett, later became a member of the Australian Parliament. He may still be there, not sure.
Quit in 2013.Sadly.
Isn't his name Colin Hay ?
What an amazing band. They literally ruled the charts. Saw them live and they were even better than the records.
Men At Work only had a few hit songs but they are still super fun so many decades later.
yeah like down under, who can it be now, overkill (my favorite song by them), its a mistake and bee good johnny.
@@Joshuadgog Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive was the 3rd single from the second album. It peaked at like #28.
These guys were great , loved the whole album . This song to me is just about mental health days....just stay away today, i dont want to talk or interact , just leave me alone. who in the heck is that at the door , why cant you just leave me alone for a bit and let me rest my mind ect . I personally do this lol. Great song thanks for what you 2 do :)
This was also at a time when discussing mental health in popular music and culture was still very much considered taboo.
Great tune...please do "Overkill" and "It's a Mistake" next
I agree, and I personally think Overkill is their best song. But I love Men At Work.
I agree too, about Overkill. They actually did it already though.
Overkill is a sweet tune. They covered it
their best sounding hit imo, the sax is what makes it
Whatever summer this was big, I remember being a kid at the beach, everyone had their boom box tuned to the local Top 40 station and you'd hear this song echoing up and down the shore. Right from that first snare hit, I can smell the salt air and Coppertone, hear the seagulls and the ocean waves in the song. That's the cool thing about living in the northeast, every season is so pronounced, that your memories always have a specific feel to them.
I love this song! His mental health in this song is in question! He seems a little paranoid!😂❤❤
Too much weed
Hey again Gina, I see you liked another one I did lol. I remember this song well. I loved Colin Hay popping up in the episodes of "Scrubs" though, singing "Overkill" throughout the episode ( if you have not seen it, I recommend watching it, its great ) 😁
Song was huge in the 80’s
I can so relate to this tune,lol. Thanks Brad and Lex for the memories.
When this came out, I never appreciated what a great voice Colin Hay has (that huskiness...yumm). That saxophone tho, soo 80's!
This is an old one, early MTV. I was in high school when it came out. My sister and I would sing 'who can it be now' when the phone rang. Years later when we moved out, each of us put the chorus on our answering machines, tho she eventually replaced 'who can it be now' with 'hello, is it me you're looking for' from Lionel Richie, hahaha.
Men at Work have a great catalog of songs. You can throw on any of their albums and enjoy it.
When I was a kid I had exactly the same guitar amp model he’s clutching when he sings “I’m happy here with my childhood friend”. Cracks me up every time I see the video.
The correct quote is “I like it here with my childhood friend”. The edit button wasn’t working.
G'day guys. We are definitely blessed to have had some great music here in Australia. If you haven't checked them out yet, I recommend listening to some Midnight Oil. You also might get a kick out of The Angels...Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again. Gotta be the live version though.
I've been listening to Amyl and the Sniffers a lot lately. Great pub band with a killer sound.
Gotta be live for the call back right?!?
funny story about the writing of this song, the lead singer lived in an apartment that was next to a drug dealer, people would get his door and the drug dealers door mixed up, he had people knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night looking for the drug dealer and it inspired this song...
Funny now, but I'm sure it wasn't then. Thanks
This song, like so many others back in the day was played on the radio/TV every day literally every hour. As teens back in the early 80's you could not go more than a few hours without hearing it. It, like so many other songs of the time were ingrained into us and the culture of the time. It invokes so many memories of the times I had back then, with friends, girlfriends etc, where I was, what I was doing. This song triggers so many memories.
Colin Hay has been writing and performing brilliant songs since the Men At Work days - do yourself a treat and see how great he has become in his more mature years - Beautiful World, Waiting For My Real Life to Begin and I Just Don't Thin Ill Get Over You are 3 to start your journey. Colin Hay is a style adjacent to your usual. 1980s was a golden era of Pop and Rock in Australia - much more to discover.
One of their classics. Very original.
If I remember correctly they wrote this song when they had so many bills they were afraid to answer the door or pick up the phone because of bill collectors.
That's how I heard it too.
Another theory I've heard is that there were drug dealers living in the apartment next door and Colin would sometimes have shady types knocking on his door.
The horn and the drums on point like a joint!
I saw them in concert, they opened for Kenny Loggins, it was a really good show. Also, this song is my current ring tone.
Now that you're reacting to an iconic Australian band from the 80s, you might want to return to Midnight Oil (Blue Sky Mine, Forgotten Years, Truganini, In the Valley, One Country, My Country) or try the Little River Band (Night Owl, Help is on its way, Take it easy on me, Reminiscing, Cool change).
Men At Work was my first “major” concert I ever went to. I was in sixth grade.
Roughly the same with me, though I had seen Bob Seger before (also a great show), and they were truly brilliant and fun. Greg didn't do the Kukaburra solo live when I saw them, and I didn't know why. It was too early for the lawsuit thing about his flute solo in Down Under, so I just guessed it was harder to get right live. I can only imagine.
I seen them in 95-96. and just last month. Colin's still got it
1982. I was twelve years old and I graduated from buying only 45 rpm records up to cassettes and this is the first one I bought.
Men at Work owned the world for a few years. Have you done Overkill yet? Their best song. This is MTV.
early 80's I ran a rock venue (I was super young)... MAW were our "go to" regular support act for big name bands, sometimes twice a week... good guys and tight live... and Greg Ham (sax player) was a local in my hood until he suicided in '12... RIP Greg.
Love the bassline in this song
Everyone feels like this song from time to time
I actually saw Men at Work live in their heyday. They opened for Fleetwood Mac circa 1982 or there abouts. They were an Australian band.
Other great MAW hits you could try... It's A Mistake and Be Good Johnny. And I highly recommend lead singer Colin Hay's solo songs... try Beautiful World and Waiting for My Real Life to Begin.
Reminds me of growing up with my dad. He hated answering the door. We all stayed quiet so salesmen would not bother us. We only opened if someone called first or if someone yelled that we knew. Too many home invasions this could be a good song for awareness lol.
The vocalist Colin Hay was born in Ayrshire , Scotland ( some say Saltcoats and others claim Kilwinning !)
It's funny Lex mentions about "solicitors". The song is about avoiding debt collectors // True Story
In the 70’s and 80’s before cel phones, we all ran to answer the phone or front door. It was an event we looked forward to. Those we such good, innocent days.
I've always loved this band's singer's voice. So unique!
Colin's my god
THIS ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF THE POLICE.
Men at Work definitely had their own sound and style. Strange but very cool. They was great live.
great song and band, I really love the song Overkill (especially the accoustic version Colin Hay did used on Scrubs). suggestion to check out: Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock n Roll
"It's A Mistake" is my favorite song from them. "Underground" is another good one. Both are about nuclear war with Russia. The more things change the more they stay the same...
Is this the man, come to take me away ? 🤣
Similar to The Police, Oingo Boingo, Payolas, Madness, The Specials, English Beat.. Men at Work were a new wave group, ska/reggae influenced mixed with some punk. Always has 🎷 saxophones in their songs. So this is actually pretty typical of Men at Work. Not much different. lol. Check out "Be Goody Johnny" video next!
A certain percentage of Australian pot smokers called this Australian reggae... and I fully see why. I still believe Overkill is one of the best songs ever written about human depression... please more Men At Work!
Great band. Colin is a great singer and sometimes underrated as a singer. He had a big part on the show Scrubs for a few episodes.
These guys helped boost, or maybe even kick off, an American infatuation with Australia during the 80s. It kind of culminated with the movie Crocodile Dundee. Not that it ended there.
These guys were actually quite good too. Overkill is another from this same album that I liked a lot.
This has been my ringtone for over a year now. Seemed well suited
This song is dangerously catchy. Someone was knocking on my door a year ago and I thought it was my girlfriend, so I was singing this pretty loudly as I went to open the door and it was actually the neighbour who had come to tell me I'd left the back yard hose on over night and flooded their yard. It was a bit embarrassing...
Happy classic from my early MTV days in the 80s.
I've always believed this song was about someone who has serious social issues. Someone who's paranoid and doesn't trust anyone. He just wants to be left alone because any interaction with people causes him anxiety. I'm an introvert myself and I can relate.
This song is about drugs and paranoia.. Lol
Lex is on the right track - it's about living in a less-savory part of town and getting disturbed by people knocking on the door for irrelevant or obnoxious reasons - leading to a little borderline paranoia.
For a more extreme version of paranoia in song, check out Oingo Boingo's "On The Outside" from the "Only A Lad" album - the paranoia and mental illness just drips from Danny Elfman's vocals like slime from a rotting apple - in the most entrancing way!
It's different when you actually heard this song on the radio all the time and on MTV. It gets etched into your brain. I mean it's interesting watching someone react to it who's never heard it when you know every word to it whether you want to or not.
this 80's music reminds me my youth :)... always liked this band :) always liked 80's new wave music :);.. my highschool years :)
Always on point about mental health , overkill is one of thee best if not thee best on insight into mental health from a musical standpoint , Top Class .
Early 80's, great song!
This is actually in the Hallmark series called Mystery 101.
This came out when I was in high school. Always loved it ❤
Love MEN AT WORK! COLIN HAY, who is the lead singer here, has also been a member of RINGO STARR'S (the BEATLES' drummer) ALL STAR BAND that Ringo tours with, for several years, including this year's tour. He was there when I saw Ringo's All Starr Band concert a few years ago. Colin always sings "Who Can it Be Now'' and "LAND DOWN UNDER" HOPE you will react to THAT song as well!
"Overkill" should be next 😍
At one point in time I thought this was Huey Lewis
As a product of the MTV launch generation, this was a staple of my childhood growing up.
Lex is spot on! Colin Hay(lead singer) lived close to a drug joint and he used to get weird ppl knocking on his door mistaking it for the drug joint.
One of my Favorite songs in high school
When I was a kid there was a neighbor lady my mom didn't like and she was always knocking on the door. We had to hide behind a wall every time she came so she couldn't see us through the door window.
In Australia is waaaay different than in USA. Who can it be now? What if it´s a kangaroo trying to punch you? Lol!
Very underrated band... try settle down and I can see it in your eyes... Great records!!
Good stuff. I really liked Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive from "Cargo." It has one of my favorite lines in any song: Oh, hey hey. He fumbles for what to say. He loves the world...except for all the people."
"Down By The Sea" is a nice one by them.
This was Men At Work’s first international hit . They were really big for about 2 years. The lead singer Colin Haye later went solo and had moderate success. I really loved this band I though they were a cross between The Police (with the reggae influence) and INXS with sax. I was not a music major but I’m pretty sure that’s an alto sax which is probably the most common sax in pop music. It would explain it sounding familiar. I think the sax took this song from hood to great.
Written and sung by Colin Hay.
The video is funny! Coincidentally, the sax player was a ham! His name was Greg Ham! L🤣L
RIP Greg Ham.
As for the song, this is 1 of several songs which deal with strangers and stalkers in the 1980s: Rick Springfield in Don't Talk to Strangers, 1982. The Police with Every Breath You Take, 1983 and Rockwell featuring Michael Jackson with Somebody's Watching Me, 1984. In the 1990s, Sarah McLachlan with Possession.
Suggested next video: Men at Work performs Overkill.
1st record I ever owned as a kid. I still have the vinyl.
I come here for Lex's unique takes and Brad's overanalyzing of the lyrics. 😂. You two are so much fun! 💯
Men at Work once auditioned a Koala bear to see if it could be a band member.
Men at Work had many many hits...
Overkill
It's a Mistake
No Sign of Yesterday
Be Good Johnny
Down under
Who Can it Be Now...
These were all played frequently on the radio and MTV during the bands hey day.
Classic Men at Work!!!
Until the late 90’s door to door sales were very common. College kids sold newspaper & magazine subscriptions or books. People sold roofing, plumbing, electrical, painting services door to door. Insurance and even burial plots were also common. Many ladies sold Avon or Mary Kay door to door. Some bill collectors would show up at peoples homes as well. I did it myself when I was in college. I quit after a scary incident when a couple of Neighborhood watch members followed me because they thought I looked suspicious. Luckily I made it to the main highway and flagged down my supervisor before I was hurt. Many subdivisions and office have no soliciting signs posted. Occasionally we will get someone selling alarm systems or cable tv at our door but that’s rare. I think the emergence of on line shopping combined with so many elderly people being conned has all but extinct.
Men at Work had these great hits in the 80s but I really enjoy Colin Hay's solo work. Listen to Waiting for My Real Life to Begin or Next Year People.
Song reminds me now of Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit.
Good song. "Land Down Under" and "Overkill" are my favorites form this band.
This used to be my ringtone , every time the phone went i'd sing along 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Whoop Whoop finally, one of the best of SKA of all tiiiime!!!! And this song... sure you know Down Under and have done it...
No Sign of Yesterday is another good one. Love the soaring guitar work.
People forget that Mitch Hedberg was the original lead singer for Toto
Love that sax!! Iconic!! RIP GREG.
Don't let him know you are home, don't make a peep, and definately don't answer the door. Probably the bill collector.
soooo good even after all these years.
Good song for the air sax.
"I want my MTV". An early MTV hit.
They got out 3 albums before breaking up - 2 with the full band and the third was recorded with just three of the five original members.
Since they have a small catalog, it's worth getting all three albums. Greg Ham and Rod Strykert sang a few songs which weren't as good as Hayes ditties.
Community property by steel panther is really good
My best friend always sings the hook when his phone rings, lol.
It makes me think of someone knocking on the door while tripping.
I’d 100% steal Colin Hay’s voice if it was possible, so dexterous and textured
Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Jive