Serendipity

• Serendipity ron2 Posted : 12/28/2006 11:38:40 AM In the New Year's Eve thread, I had mentioned how, on last New Year's, I performed "Down Under" by Men At Work.   Last night, on an episode of "Scrubs," there was Colin Hayes (the singer) with just a guitar, performing "Overkill."   How's that for a freaky concantenation reaching back 20-something years?   LIKE 16 REPLIES 165 VIEWS LAST POST VINIA Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• espencer Posted : 12/28/2006 11:40:48 AM I dont get it  [8D] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/28/2006 11:49:05 AM [linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psf9xyFfvd8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psf9xyFfvd8[/link]   First off, that is the link to the video of the song.   Now, here's a link to a halfway decent definition of serendipity.   [linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity[/link]   Although possibly purely coincidental, it can seem connected that I was talking about singing a Men At Work song and later, last night, get to see Colin Hayes after 20-something years performing, "unplugged", another great hit, "Overkill."   Also, I wonder if this means I could soon be another man at work, i.e., gainfully employed.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• loveukaykay Posted : 12/28/2006 11:53:22 AM lol.... I think it means you will get that job[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• espencer Posted : 12/28/2006 12:13:44 PM I  LOVE 80's music [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/28/2006 8:12:26 PM I was simutaneously in college and starting electrical work in 1983, when "Down Under" was getting big. "Overkill" was the next big hit. Of the original band members, one has died, one went on to be come a teacher, and Colin Hayes, the singer, went on to be a record producer.   I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said, "Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover."   I was about 19, strong as an ox and I knew everything.   Now, I'm old and get a clearer idea every day of how much I don't know.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/28/2006 8:16:37 PM Thanks, Amy. I still haven't landed a job, yet, though I've had one interview with a city to be an inspector. I have other apps out. The problem is most private companies aren't looking for a master, just apprentices and journeymen. The only advantage of working cheap for this last company is that I'm not asking for more than what I was making, which is top journeyman pay.   I also gathered information today that my former employer is about to make a mistake that could get his company shut down. Mistakes that I was trying to discuss with him and he decided he didn't need me any more. So be it. Business is business and I'll see ya in the funny papers.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• tacran Posted : 12/29/2006 12:21:34 AM Ron, I know we're about the same age - so I'm a fellow Men at Work fan!  I remember how we tried to decipher the lyrics to "Down Under."  It took us forever to figure out what a "vegemite sandwich" was!  I think Colin Hayes has a good voice -- it's too bad he doesn't have more of a solo career now. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/29/2006 10:02:48 AM it's too bad he doesn't have more of a solo career now   Well, these days, he's primarily a record producer. And yes, I do wish he would put out a new album of his own. I loved the tone of guitar that they would use. It was mainly a combination of chorus and reverb and delay in a special effects rack but it had a way of musically describing the expansiveness of Australia. To me, their guitar sound means Australia as much as hearing a dijiredoo (sp?). 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Mark Posted : 12/29/2006 10:52:34 AM Just dont become the "man down under"to get the job...[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• espencer Posted : 12/29/2006 10:54:11 AM I was about 19, strong as an ox and I knew everything. Now, I'm old and get a clearer idea every day of how much I don't know.   Wow at 19 i was skinny (a little bit as Conan O'Brian on "Pale Force") []   I love how they were using the sax in their songs 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/29/2006 5:38:36 PM Ba doomp, tsh!   It's my failure to kiss butt at appropriate times that can get me in trouble.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Vinia Posted : 12/29/2006 6:09:44 PM ORIGINAL: tacran  I remember how we tried to decipher the lyrics to "Down Under."  It took us forever to figure out what a "vegemite sandwich" was!    LOL! It's such a shame you don't get vegemite (or marmite- the much better equivalent) over there- you're missing out! [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 12/29/2006 6:36:18 PM I had some vegemite, once. I thought it was good.     "Buying bread from a man in Brussels. He was 6 foot 4 and full of muscles. I said, do you speak my language? He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.   Do you come from the Land down under?"   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Vinia Posted : 12/29/2006 6:40:38 PM A lot of people don't like it because it's salty- it might be a bit of an acquired taste. If you ever have the urge for more, I'd be happy to send some over!  [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login