Men At Work - C or D

Don't mess with the Kookaburra.

"Larrikin claims the flute riff from the 1981 hit is stolen from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, written by Marion Sinclair for the Girl Guides in 1934."

also lol @

"Down Under, a number one in Australia, the US and the UK, tells the story of an Australian backpacker touring the world.

It pays tribute to "a land down under where beer does flow and men chunder".

The song also references popular Australian food spread Vegemite.

"I said 'do you speak my language?', he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich," it says.

That reads like one of those "Unusual details in wikipedia articles"

The line

"I said 'do you speak my language?', he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich," it says.

makes my head spin.

lol @ the vegemite sandwich line, never heard that. the delivery makes the song, as a wee young boy i'd just sing along while making up gibberish lyrics

xpost - exactly!

xpost well, that's a coincidence (honest)..

This is the thread for unnecessary details in BBC News articles.

underrated movie.

Music company Larrikin has won the first stage of a copyright case over the Men At Work song Down Under.

We used to sing that song when I was at kindy, but I never heard the echoes of it in the Down Under solo until now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8497433.stm

Yep, the girl guides have won.

Man At Work dies

This band has not had the easiest of afterlifes.

Rather heartening how "Overkill" has become the band's most famous hit in recent years.

That sucks. Business As Usual was the first album I ever bought with my own money. In many ways my first favorite band.

RIP, Greg.

RIP

Rather heartening how "Overkill" has become the band's most famous hit in recent years.

^^^

It's annoying that this guy is just being reported as the flautist, cos he was also the sax player on stuff like Overkill and Who Can It Be Now.

and he wrote and sang "Helpless Automaton", one of my favorite deep cuts from Business As Usual.

yeah i was gonna say, the "Who Can It Be Now" sax is probably as famous as the "Down Under" flute

Aw, fuck no. He was my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13QMwLpruM

RIP :(

Btw. I consider "Overkill" to be their best song. "Down Under" was fun and all, but maybe too much of a novelty. "Overkill" was an excellent pop song, partly also thanks to the wonderful sax theme by Ham.