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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 19, 2012 10:38:31 GMT
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Post by onewhiteduck on Apr 19, 2012 13:35:11 GMT
RIP. Great song of their Business as Usual album ' Down by the Sea' - I'm $h1te at posting video's !! but check it out on YT.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Apr 19, 2012 13:38:49 GMT
Sorry here's the link
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 19, 2012 14:08:29 GMT
Very cool and great video for the song.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 19, 2012 14:10:55 GMT
I think Colin Hay is a really good vocalist however like another vocalist he can talk the song too
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 19, 2012 15:26:51 GMT
Tribute from Colin Hay "I met Greg Ham 40 years ago, at Kim Gyngell's house in 1972. Last year of high school. He had blond hair, rosy cheeks, ridiculously bright eyes, and along with Gyngell, was the funniest person I knew. He was sharp, real sharp. We were friends from then on, we liked each other. He lived for a while in Park Street in St Kilda, in a communal household, which was the best of times. The best parties ever. Greg took up the saxophone and flute during this time, he was always practicing. He got really good. We shared countless, unbelievably memorable times together, from stumbling through Richmond after playing the Cricketers Arms, to helicoptering into New York City, to appear on Saturday Night Live, or flying through dust storms in Arizona, above the Grand Canyon, or getting lost, driving aimlessly through the Gippsland countryside. We played in a band and conquered the world together. I love him very much. He's a beautiful man. The saxophone solo on "Who Can It Be Now", was the rehearsal take. We kept it, that was the one. He's here forever. I'm thinking about his family, and hoping they are receiving the love and support they need and deserve." www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/news/blog/men-at-works-greg-ham-found-dead-in-carton-north/20120419-g4c0.html
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Post by nobodyspecial on Apr 19, 2012 17:35:48 GMT
That's a drag - he had a nice touch and phrasing, a 'distinguish-able' sound......May he be in a better place.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 19, 2012 20:42:12 GMT
That's a drag - he had a nice touch and phrasing, a 'distinguish-able' sound......May he be in a better place. Indeed. I didn't really know much about the band however I read that he took the copyright legal battle with the flute riff in Land pDown..and Kookabura quite bad. "I'm terribly disappointed that that's the way I'm going to be remembered - for copying something." It's the old "my sweet lord" story about obvious or subconcious plagiarism. Hay issued a statement after the ruling against them and raised some good points. www.heraldsun.com.au/news/men-at-works-colin-hays-statement-on-court-battle-over-down-under-and-kookaburra-in-full/story-e6frf7jo-1225826917098He is also alleged to have added - verbally "Anyway,we were smoking dope at the time" which is still pretty convincing as well.
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Post by tuxedomarty on May 31, 2012 16:38:59 GMT
Awww, damn. I didn't know about this. Down Under, Who Could It Be Now and Overkill are three of the best songs the 80's produced.
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