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* ''Brazil''[[note]]originally titled ''Brazil '96''[[/note]] (1996) (live album with two new tracks)
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* ''Brazil''[[note]]originally titled ''Brazil '96''[[/note]] (1996) (1998) (live album with two a new tracks)track, "The Longest Night")
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
years. They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem, as well as the opening line for their first single "Who Can It Be Now?" on their first album.
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* ''Business as Usual'' in 1981 (has an UpdatedRerelease)
* ''Cargo'' in 1983 (same as above)
* ''Two Hearts'' in 1985
* ''Live in Brazil'' in 1997 (with two new tracks!)
They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem, as well as the opening line for their first song on their first album "Who Can It Be Now?"
* ''Cargo'' in 1983 (same as above)
* ''Two Hearts'' in 1985
* ''Live in Brazil'' in 1997 (with two new tracks!)
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* ''Business as Usual'' in 1981 (1981) (has an UpdatedRerelease)
* ''Cargo''in 1983 (1983) (same as above)
* ''Two Hearts''in 1985
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*''Live in Brazil'' in 1997 (with ''Brazil''[[note]]originally titled ''Brazil '96''[[/note]] (1996) (live album with two new tracks!)
They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem, as well as the opening line for their first song on their first album "Who Can It Be Now?"
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* ''Two Hearts''
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They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem, as well as the opening line for their first song on their first album "Who Can It Be Now?"
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[[caption-width-right:300:The best-known lineup of the band. Top: John Rees. Middle, left to right: Jerry Speiser, Ron Strykert, Colin Hay. Bottom: Greg Ham.]]
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-->"Down Under"
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Creator/ColinHay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Creator/ColinHay Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Making a page for Colin Hay!
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay Creator/ColinHay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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* MickeyMousing: Near the beginning of the music video for "Who Can It Be Now?", the stranger's knocking on the apartment door sync up with the drumbeats.
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* GenreMashup: Much like Music/ThePolice, their main style combined NewWaveMusic and {{Rock}} with {{Reggae}}, though their style was pop rock instead of punk rock.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Much like Music/ThePolice, their main style combined NewWaveMusic and {{Rock}} with {{Reggae}}, though their style was pop rock instead of punk rock.
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* ShoutOut: The front of the van in the clip to "Down Under" bears the name "[[Literature/TheElricSaga Tanelorn]]".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The front of the van in the clip to "Down Under" bears the name "[[Literature/TheElricSagaTanelorn]]".Tanelorn]]".
** "Be Good Johnny" is one to "Johnny Be Goode"
** The front of the van in the clip to "Down Under" bears the name "[[Literature/TheElricSaga
** "Be Good Johnny" is one to "Johnny Be Goode"
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* LyricalDissonance: Their music is very cheery reggae, but some of the lyrics are dark, such as the paranoia of "Overkill" or the anti-war dirge of "It's a Mistake".
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* OldManConversationSong: "Settle Down My Boy"
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* SmallTownBigHell: Hay made precisely a song called "Small Town Big Hell", part of his 2002 album ''Company of Strangers''. The song is about a man who turns the page after all the suffering he had in the past.
-->''Small Town Big Hell, for me for you''
-->''Superstitious minds can kill the truth''
-->''Small Town Big Hell, for me for you''
-->''Superstitious minds can kill the truth''
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They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem.
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They are best known for their hit "Down Under", which is better known overseas than the Australian national anthem.
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* ''Business as Usual'' in 1981 (recently got an UpdatedRerelease)
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* ProtestSong: "It's a Mistake", and "Down Under" (see under MisaimedFandom).
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* ProtestSong: "It's a Mistake", and "Down Under" (see under MisaimedFandom).Under"
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Adding some information about the band's genre. Men at Work is somewhat similar to the Police being a new wave/Reggae rock band.
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Men at Work were a five piece Australian {{rock}} band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Much like Music/ThePolice, their main style combined NewWaveMusic and {{Rock}} with {{Reggae}}, though their style was pop rock instead of punk rock.
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Men At Work were a five piece Australian band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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Men At at Work were a five piece Australian band from Melbourne who came to prominence in the Eighties. The lineup of the band during its years of fame featured Colin Hay (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ron Strykert (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Jerry Speiser (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Greg Ham (keyboards, vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute) and John Rees (bass, backing vocals). All was well for the first few years.
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* TheFourChordsOfPop: The chorus of ''Down Under''.
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* TheFourChordsOfPop: The chorus of ''Down Under''."Down Under".
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* TheParanoiac: ''Who Can it Be Now?'' is about someone driven to paranoia by repeated unexpected visits to his home. The music video has [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] where he pictures that the people on the other side of the door are government agents, mobsters, or ''space aliens''.
* ProtestSong: "It's A Mistake", and "Down Under" (see under MisaimedFandom).
* ProtestSong: "It's A Mistake", and "Down Under" (see under MisaimedFandom).
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* TheParanoiac: ''Who "Who Can it It Be Now?'' Now?" is about someone driven to paranoia by repeated unexpected visits to his home. The music video has [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] {{imagine spot}}s where he pictures that the people on the other side of the door are government agents, mobsters, or ''space aliens''.
aliens''.
* QuestioningTitle: "Who Can It Be Now?"
* ProtestSong: "It'sA a Mistake", and "Down Under" (see under MisaimedFandom).
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* ProtestSong: "It's
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* StockRhymes: averted by "Down Under". No one else has ever rhymed "chunder" with either plunder or thunder. (Note for non-Aussies: to chunder means to vomit.)
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* StockRhymes: averted {{Averted|Trope}} by "Down Under". No one else has ever rhymed "chunder" with either plunder or thunder. (Note for non-Aussies: to chunder means to vomit.))
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Who Can It Be Now?"
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* TheParanoiac: ''Who Can it Be Now?'' is about someone driven to paranoia by repeated unexpected visits to his home. The music video has [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] where he pictures that the people on the other side of the door are government agents, mobsters, or ''space aliens''.
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* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: ''Helpless Automaton''. Nobody seeme to believe the title character is a robot.
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* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: A long sequence in the video for ''Down Under'' has the band members doing repetitive motions, including dancing and pantomiming digging for several seconds before turning from the camera and hopping away.
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* ShoutOut: The front of the van in the clip to "Down Under" bears the name "[[TheElricSaga Tanelorn]]".
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** Greg Ham (no pun intended) had his moments as well; the video for "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive" might be the best example.
