Top Five Men at Work Songs

It's a Mistake
Down Under
Overkill
Who Can It Be Now?
Maria

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Good list

Although I’d probably put Overkill and Who Can It Be Now? at #1 and #2.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Dec 6, 2008 10:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

maria at #5 is a stretch

but i really couldn’t remember any other good ones

Man with Two Hearts or something like that is pretty good

by royalsreview on Dec 6, 2008 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

There Are 5

Top MAW songs? I know 2.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Dec 6, 2008 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Me too

And I thought one of them was “Safety Dance”

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Dec 7, 2008 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No, That Was

“Men Without Hats”. I’m up to 3 now: “Who Can It Be Now”, “Down Under” and “Overkill”. I refuse to put “Be Good, Johnny” on this list.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2008 10:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I don't know their entire repertoire, but I kind of think they had only four good ones

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Dec 6, 2008 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

-1 for lack of Justin Huber tag

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Dec 6, 2008 10:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Be Good Be Good Be Good Be Good, Johnny

“Are you going to play football this year, John?”
“No!”
“Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny?”
“No! no! no!”
“Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, [laugh] but I like you!
So tell me, what kind of a boy are you, John?”

But I would pick the underrated Underground to bump Maria.

Overkill is their one song that holds up today. The others, while still catchy, sound like the Reagan era.

by Gopherballs on Dec 7, 2008 1:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

i could never make it past the part where they start saying

be good be good

over and over

by royalsreview on Dec 7, 2008 1:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not a particularly good song

I just always found the spoken part during the bridge amusing. These days, not even Don Henley could get away with doing something like that.

by Gopherballs on Dec 7, 2008 1:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The only list harder to make up than a

“Top Five Men at Work Songs” list might be “Top Five Royals Shortstops.”

Some other suggestions:
Top Five Steven Segal monologues
Top Five Homeruns (or outfield fly balls) hit by Joey Gathright
Top Five David Ortiz baserunning gems

BTW, I visited what I believe to be the only baseball diamand in Paris yesterday afternoon. It is in the Bois de Vincennes. A very lonely place. It looked like the type of field you would find at an American high school which was kinda hurting for money. But the lines were chalked so I think it had been used recently.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Dec 7, 2008 3:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Collin Hay

Can we include a list of his good songs also? Once he left Men at Work he had some good ones. I think he had about 5 or 6 from the Scrubs soundtrack.

In the Royals game of life, Neifi Perez is the rake.

by Matty486 on Dec 7, 2008 11:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I've Seen Colin

Hay performing “Overkill” on “Scrubs”. He’s just kind of an unseen presence in the background of the episode. I’d forgotten about that song. It definitely deserves to be on the list. Now, if I could just remember 2 more. I see Matty486 has seen him on “Scrubs”, too.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2008 11:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs