Colin Hay is from Australia and is perhaps most famous for being in the band ‘Men At Work’ who gave us the massive hit ‘Down Under’ in the 1980s.
I first heard this song in an episode of the US TV series ‘Brothers and Sisters’ during one of those scenes at the end of the programme where they show various things happening to resolve the issues of the episode (as a type of ‘Deus Ex Machina’ resolution concept) which they do so well in American TV shows and so badly in ours (‘Coronation Street’ being a particularly bad example). It has also been used in various US TV series including ‘Scrubs’ so I understand as well.
Colin’s voice has a wonderful quality that makes his music very appealing and this simple song played just with his guitar reminds me of how effective a truly great lyric, great voice and single instrument can sound when you have the ‘right’ song and the right message. I have this on my ipod and play it regularly. There is no video to speak of but you can listen using the link below…
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