I always thought they totally over played "Who can it be now" but, Be Good Johnny is a really good Men at Work song, that never played that much...to me, it was their best song they did.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
The Business as Usual album was nowhere near as good as the Cargo album. Sales might tell a different story, but "It's a Mistake" and "Overkill" are better songs without a doubt.
WE are DEVO
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
SUPERNANNY uses Be Good Johnny as their theme song.
I will always remember that in grade school we had to come up with an aerobics routine to "teach" the whole class. Mine was 867-5309/ Jenny and my friends was Be Good Johnny.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
The first two Men at Work albums are really solid, they just always send mmy memories flooding back to the 82-83 period when you had them and the Police high on the charts. I even have the third me at work album, but it's not as great as some member left by that time.
Posted by Marty McFly (Member # 4403) on :
Funny because even though I grew up loving the two huge hits ("Who Can it Be Now" and "Down Under"), I didn't listen to the rest of the songs until I was about 15, so they're still pretty fresh to me in comparison.
Honestly though, I never could get into BGJ, although it's a cool song storywise (some kid who can't pay attention in school and the teachers are on his case! LOL) and clearly a play on Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" title.
The first 6 songs on the album had a much more catchy feel to them. "I Can See it In Your Eyes" and "Underground" are much, much better IMO.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I like Catch A Star for some reason.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I always remember being shocked to find out the singer Colin Hay was white when I first saw their videos. I thought for sure he was black listening to the radio as his voice had that reggae timbre in it. They had some cool songs on the first two albums, even some nice b-sides on the reissues as well. I wish a group today could have that kind of dark, mysterious yet humorous quality that those Men at Work and Ploice songs had.
