DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK

O Men at Work é mais conhecido pelo seu sucesso de 1982, "Down Under" uma canção alegre e cômica sobre australianos viajando pelo mundo confiantes das virtudes de seu país e sobre a imposição da cultura norte-americana e européia às belezas naturais de seu país. A canção foi um sucesso de vendas em vários países, incluindo o Reino Unido, onde alcançou o primeiro lugar nas paradas, sendo a única canção deles a entrar nos "Top 20" daquele país. Ela tornou-se um hino extra-oficial para a Austrália para vários movimentos underground ou musicais de seu país.

Nas representações convencionais do globo terrestre, a Austrália e a Nova Zelândia se localizam no lado oposto, “embaixo” (down under), da Grã-Bretanha.

Vídeo: Men at Work - Down Under - 1982.

Vídeo: Men at Work - Down Under, ORIGINAL VERSION - 1980.

Down Under (Lyrics)

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
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

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Yeah

Lyin' in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said

Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover

Living in 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

Integrantes

Colin Hay - vocal principal e guitarra
Ron Strykert - guitarra e vocal
John Rees - baixo e vocal
Greg Ham - saxofone, flauta, teclado, gaita e vocal
Jerry Speiser - bateria e vocal