Talk:Down Under (song)

message: Can someone with more knowledge comment on there being a version from before Men at Work? --68.83.72.162 (talk) 07:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pre-''Men at Work'' version? 

message: The claims about the lyrics talking about Australia being sold off to overseas interests seems a bit dubious. That they can't even get the lyrics correct is a red flag. Any thoughts? Andjam 02:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretation of lyrics 

message: JediLofty-The 'No Euros for Britain' and the st george flag allude to your true agenda in not liking the fact that this song has become a Jewish tune-a BNP supporter eh.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphydoo2 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I only recently noticed this comment (I always thought comments were supposed to be added to the bottom!)  Not wanting the Euro and being proud to be English has nothing to do with support for the BNP!  What a bizarre connection to draw.  My problem with the text that was added was that it was uncited.  Now that a citation has been found, I'm perfectly happy for the comment to remain.--  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 11:35, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish wedding lyrics?? 

message: Would it help this article to post the song's lyrics and to decipher some of the words used in said lyrics?Orcagon 04:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Lyrics

message: Information from the Men at Work article would help this one.  Especially the paragraph stating it wasn't meant as a happy, patriotic song, but one complaining about the selling out of Australia. — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What the song is about

message: Now that all the references to a darker interpretation of the song have been removed, the line "It has become a popular and patriotic song in Australia by virtue of the popular interpretation of the lyrics." doesn't really make a lot of sense anymore. Either add in the controversial content, or remove the 'by virtue of the popular interpretations of the lyrics'. 24.218.218.9 11:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lyrics

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Down Under.jpg

message: Beyond the last sentence, "The video also features several litre-size cans of what appear to be Foster's Lager (although the brand is removed), a beer native to Australia" (which is extremely iffy in itself, since one can ask how this relates to the Lyrics sub-topic), the rest is current pop ref or things way beyond just lyrics.  Perhaps a "In other media" section should be started, since 2000 Summer Olympics,  ARPA, Triple M, VH1, Qantas and Saints Row 2 are all linked to the song, not necessarily the lyrics. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 20:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics - not lyric related 

message: Quoted from page: "The flute part in the song accused of being based around the tune of "Kookaburra", a well-known Australian children's rhyme. A lawsuit on that question is currently ongoing.[2]"
The lawsuit is "currently" ongoing? First, people need to remember that this isn't IM, it's a persistent article, and the vast majority of your readers are reading on a day other than when you posted. Therefore, this, at minimum, is in need of an "as of <specify time>" clause. Also, the footnote on the lawsuit is a broken link. Again, try to remember you're not on IM: the NYT page that link redirects to mentions that articles of the type apparently linked to are available for a mere 7 days. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.45.234 (talk • contribs) 29 September 2009
: It looks like the references were removed accidentally by a previous editor.  I've added back the references, but haven't updated the text.  Some possible additional references to expand the section include:
:*http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26276658-29277,00.html
:*http://www.theage.com.au/national/lead-singer-denies-kookaburra-link-20091028-hl0k.html
:--James (talk) 07:05, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Footnote, Missing Timestamp 

message: Awesome. In the music video, I like the way those guys are dancing.--Solowing106 (talk) 21:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solowing106 

message: I know Pennywise did a cover as well. On their 1999 album Straight Ahead (at least for the Australian release of that album).**** you, you ******* ****. (talk) 08:49, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  cover versions 

message: The article cited does not mention either of the words "popular" and "patriotic". It says "The song remains an unofficial anthem for Australia", but this is not the same thing. **** you, you ******* ****. (talk) 09:22, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: A summary is not paraphrasing. By definition an unofficial anthem has to be both popular and patriotic (or it would not be an unofficial anthem). Official anthems do not have to be popular. -- PBS (talk) 14:17, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  popular and patriotic 

message: There are several mentions in the article of being 'allegedly' (part) based on Kookaburra. Given that this is now proven in court (see the references in the article), shouldn't the word 'allegedly' be removed? TheOverflow (talk) 23:57, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Now removed.TheOverflow (talk) 05:25, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Allegedly'?  

message: Is it "Also known as 'Land Down Under'" or is this just what a lot of people who don't know the proper name of the song call it?124.169.249.234 (talk) 13:11, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "also known as" 

message: Hey, I just watched this episode of Spicks and Specks where the loaded question was infamously asked. It was the children's songs special, but the copyright on it at the end says 2007, not 2008. I think whoever quoted that news.com.au article just assumed it was from 2008 because that's when the article was written. I looked into it further and this website (http://thetvdb.com/?tab=seasonall&id=81358&lid=7) confirms the original air date for the Kids Music Special was the 26th of September, 2007.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Witcheemon (talk • contribs) 13:17, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spicks and Specks exposes the truth, but in what year? 

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message: Ninja Sex Party, an American musical comedy duo, covered the song on their 2019 album Under The Covers Vol III
Since there is a section noting another cover in the article, it should probably be added. After all, the article itself has a wikipedia page ( Under the Covers, Vol. III ) and all the songs are listed there and linked to all of the song pages, including this one.
Under the Covers, Vol. III Charts for reference:
Chart (2019)                    	Peakposition
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)	12
Dominakiara (talk) 04:56, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Same rational as Talk:(Don't Fear) The Reaper  - FlightTime (open channel) 05:11, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ninja Sex Party's Version 

message: Can anyone confirm the correct lyric for the first line of the song? I hear "travelling in a fried out Kombi" but the Lyrics section of this article suggest the lyric is "travelling in a fried-out Commie". The video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s) features the former and not a Holden Commodore and I certainly hear the word Kombi when I listen to the song. MJ (talk) 09:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Commie" vs "Kombi" in lyrics? 

message: Not sure if my title is a good one, but when in Hong Kong in the 1980s I heard an Alan Tam song with the same melody as this song. At the time, I didn't know the Men at Work song and assumed it was another of the many Cantopop songs at the time where the melody was based on J-Pop songs and new Cantonese lyrics were written on top. 
I would dearly love to know the title of the Alan Tam song. I also assume that other countries will probably have taken the melody and created their own versions. If anyone has access to that kind of information, it would make for a great extra section to the article. Ricklaman (talk) 02:54, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Songs in other languages with the same melody