Men At Work - Down Under | Top 2000 a gogo

Men At Work voorman Colin Hay vertelt over het ontstaan van de band in Melbourne en over het succes van het nummer 'Down Under'. Een reportage van Top 2000 a gogo uit 2007.

[crazysdrums]

It wasnt a fluke that this song was such a hit. It was a really great song! All the songs on that album were awesome!

[reece]

As far as i'm concerned, this song should be our national anthem.

[michaelwest]

When I hear this song I so miss the 80's and my youth. It makes me cry.

[PB.JACKSON]

I am a Pom who has visited Australia 8 times. This song reminds me of the many hours spent in the country which I regards as the best in the world.

[cooliam]

My best and believe this watched this at our Grandparents’ house. We slept in the only room with a window AC unit and TV. WE absolutely laughed HYSTERICALLY in the part of video with the koala on the rope.

In ‘83, we were 14 yo and 15 yo. Grandma told us that we were too loud which made us laugh even more.

Such a fantastic memory for both of us…and…we were not drinking.

As Americans in Missouri, it just brought us JOY!

Thank You Men at Work!

[jayyyzeee]

As an American, I'll confess that I don't know anything about the America's Cup or that Australia won it then, or that it was a big deal to Australians. I just remember Men At Work being one of my favorite bands back then and how amazing they were. I visited Sydney in 2000 for the Olympics and loved seeing at least a little bit of Australia. Such a beautiful place!

[SHRIFF]

When I was last down under, I was travelling on a bus somewhere for a couple hours, this song came on the radio. I remember looking out into the bare landscape and was passed by a road train. I will never forget the image.

[brucejackson]

I'm glad Hay brought it around at the end to saying the song is ultimately a celebration. Hearing him say that he was writing about real estate development and the death of whatever I was getting pretty bummed out there for a "Down Under" is simply one of the best, happiest songs of all time. I cannot hear it without feeling better, no matter how bad I'm feeling. It doesn't really matter what the songwriter "meant" when he/she wrote the song, once it's out in the world then it's totally open to the interpretation of the listener, but I'm still glad he said it.

[ricardoyoussef]

I love this song!!!
"There's a lot to celebrate about this country. Because it truly is an awesome place."

[Skin-vett]

This song was in the charts back in March 1982 when I started my first job. It was always on the radio. Great memories.

[CC]

Men At Work have *tons* of fantastic songs. I especially love _Overkill_ ❤ So proud they’re from my hometown city of Melbourne

[branapeles]

Colin Hay is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and the most amazing storyteller I’ve ever seen!!! Also a very kind man.

[standenberg]

Down Under was justifiably a worldwide smash hit...taken from the debut album 'Business As Usual' which was top quality from start to finish!

A great decade for Australia in many ways, & bands like Men At Work having success in the USA & UK helped start that.

[blatendcrude]

I was 8 when I moved from Dandenong to the Netherlands, and this song gives me identity. Because I remember Australia, holidays in

[zibbybone]

RIP Greg Hamm - an underrated musician.

Lots of great 80s bands from that Great Southern Land: Men At Work, Icehouse, INXS, Midnight Oil, Crowded House, Kylie Minogue, The Church, Dead Can Dance.

[adrianekelly]

The flute, minor key, rhythm, enigmatic lyrics, vocal tone all combine to give me goosebumps. Why? Don't know. Don't care. Glad to have this recorded in my energy field. Not just sound, but cellular memory response. Modern, New at the time, but threads reaching way back in human collective consciousness. Bizarre effect of songs, different from pure instrumental.

[der-weidi]

Thank you so much for that great, amazing song. I grow up with it. Still in 2020 listen to it!!!

[waikarimoana]

Never get sick of this tune, from first day to now, the middle of 2019 and beyond, great work Coline and the team, awesome job, greetings and best regards from Down Under.

[rogersilveira]

I'm not even Australian and this song gives me chills. I visited the country though in 2018 which is quite a feat for a middle class Brazilian guy who works as a teacher. Not a cheap trip. I loved everything except for the trip was way too short, only 5 days after endless hours inside a plane (can't complain. I could see the Sahara from above, had a 20-hour-stop that allowed me to know Doha and I was fed like the subject of a scientific experiment on gluttony). I visited Adelaide and Sydney and loved both but surely liked Adelaide better for the quietness, much more my style.

[merijnvanschaik]

Genius song, very, VERY well played and produced. I LOVE the pan-flute. Not just the solo-bits but also the tiny bursts in the chorus.
Very VERY great song. One of my favorites!