Monday, December 29, 2008

Songs of Our Youth (1 of 11)




"Overkill" by Men at Work

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Loved this band during my teen years! They called it quits after their third album. My favorite tune is "Be Good Johnny", from their mega-platinum debut, BUSINESS AS USUAL. The lead singer, Colin Hay, is acting now, and appeared in a 1997 Russell Crowe thriller, the title of which I can't recall, but the film has the distinction of being the first movie to be advertised on the Web.

Unknown said...

Yeah, I gather their third album was pretty bad, but the first two sold really, really well!

Anonymous said...

Their third disc, TWO HEARTS, was nothing special, and I think its poor sales convinced them to finally throw in the towel, which they had been planning in 1981, when suddenly "Business" took off like a rocket. Of course, many critics didn't think much of any of their releases. Hope they saved their dough!

Unknown said...

I think the first record was good. Most music critics hate '80s pop music, it seems.

Anonymous said...

"Business" had some good stuff on it. I remember hearing "Who Can It Be Now", possibly for the first time, on "American Bandstand" in 1982. I also recall the world premiere of "Overkill" on Z-100 FM in New York one morning in '83. I wasn't particularly impressed, but bought the single anyway, caught up in Men At Work mania, I suppose.