This song is full of Australian slang. "Chunder" means to vomit. ("Watch out under!" when you throw up over the balcony.) "A fried-out combie" - a Volkswagen bus with a bad engine. "Zombie" = weed. Vegemite is a yeast extract that's eaten in Australia, very salty and bitter, but good if you use just a little bit. (It's called Marmite in the UK.) The hippie trail was the journey that hippies in the thousands took across the Far East and into the Middle East in the 60's. The Land Down Under is Australia itself, because it's on the lower half of the world map. When they hop away from the camera, they're imitating kangaroos. :)
@nancyandrews3983 жыл бұрын
Back in the day we here in the US had NO idea what they were on about, but we loved it anyway, lol.
@deormanrobey8923 жыл бұрын
Kangaroo hippity hopping. 😁
@donaldb13 жыл бұрын
I believe Marmite is similar to, but not quite the same as Vegemite.
@cartercarter6453 жыл бұрын
Awesome Serai3. I never knew Zombie was weed. Now it makes perfect sense listening to it. Preeeeeesh!!!
@bluecedar79143 жыл бұрын
@@donaldb1 Marmite is the wussie version of Vegemite. 🙂
@alicecolleenflynn3 жыл бұрын
Australia is called The Land Down Under. I like your channel, India.
@SithVicious3 жыл бұрын
@@GGxKiwi Nobody wants to go that low.
@bluepepper1003 жыл бұрын
@@GGxKiwi And Antarctica is down and underest.
@normandavidtidiman99183 жыл бұрын
If you live in the motherland (the UK) Australia is "Down Under"
@ueks693 жыл бұрын
Aussie down under
@diha22713 жыл бұрын
@@bluepepper100 Australia's Australia :)
@DiscoTimelordASD2 жыл бұрын
As an Aussie it's fun to hear so much slang in one go. I love this song!🇦🇺
@G.GordonMidi3 жыл бұрын
2:46 This is the most appropriate response to hearing "He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich" for the first time
@megoombah13 жыл бұрын
This became the unofficial Australian national anthem in 1983, when Australia won the Americas cup yacht race , ending a 132-year tenure by the New york yacht club.
@Hi-kq1vi3 жыл бұрын
Thought Waltzing Matilda was the unofficial anthem & the Aussie cricket team singing Under The Southern Cross I Stand.
@squiddly-diddly3 жыл бұрын
They used to belt it out every time they left the dock to go racing.
@sabiantheomnivore55923 жыл бұрын
Sang by a Scot, which sorta dilutes the whole Aussie thing..
@newmove43783 жыл бұрын
I don't do sports but I'll never forget that yacht race, I was so pumped and then the weeks of down under blaring on media across the country. Fun days.
@liannadunten73263 жыл бұрын
At 13 I was an obsessive Men at Work fangirl. "Head full of zombie" was Australian slang for being stoned. "Down under" is Australia.
@Jack18433 жыл бұрын
same age Lianna cool name
@Rebel-cd6gc3 жыл бұрын
Hope you comeback soon
@rambowbizz3 жыл бұрын
miss your reactions. you are a sweet soul.
@evaczarnojanczyk14323 жыл бұрын
Hooray, Australia’s unofficial National Anthem! ❤️ 🇰🇾
@dansmith97243 жыл бұрын
It would be in competition with cold chisel - Khe Sanh
@Hi-kq1vi3 жыл бұрын
That is the John Newcombe rap.
@dansmith97243 жыл бұрын
@@Hi-kq1vi bloody oath
@luisalonsoecheverria3 жыл бұрын
Written by a Scotsman.
@dansmith97243 жыл бұрын
@@luisalonsoecheverria Ian Moss?
@donaldb13 жыл бұрын
When the lyrics say that women glow that's just a polite way of saying they sweat. The saying goes that horses sweat, men perspire and women glow.
@user-ii3vn8tn3q3 жыл бұрын
I remember my mother saying that to me.
@Niecy703 жыл бұрын
Girl I love you so much! I'm glad you took the time for yourself. Blessings and peace to you❤
@numbr6 Жыл бұрын
KZbin copyright strikes are a nightmare. I feel your pain and admire your persistence to create quality content in the face of this resistance! Keep the faith. This is all music playing when I was growing up. Great times!
@293hi3 жыл бұрын
80's, music forever.
@bh84583 жыл бұрын
They have a song called “Overkill” that is amazing. Colin Hay (the lead singer) released an acoustic version of it 20 years ago. I highly recommend it.
@sethmden3 жыл бұрын
Overkill is such an amazing song. Reminds me of my late grandfather. R.I.P. Old man.
@robofisk76253 жыл бұрын
Down by the sea is awesome as well
@billholder1330 Жыл бұрын
@@robofisk7625 I'm also partial to Who Can It Be Now, in a nostalgic way.
@patrickmcinnis29213 жыл бұрын
Thanks for coming back. You are wonderful and beautiful. keep doing what you are doing. thank you!!!
@wlg23673 жыл бұрын
Been watching your reactions for several years now. I love watching you react to music from when I was your age. Keep it up!
@just4now4923 жыл бұрын
The song is a anthem for the land down under (Australia). Which is at the bottom of the globe. It’s about a Australian man that is travelling the world and meeting aussies or people who remind him of his home (Australia) wherever he goes.
@damienkakoschke309911 ай бұрын
I'm glad so many Aussies have already popped on here. Yes, this was Australia's unofficial anthem (mainly because our anthem is lame) at a time that Australia was finding and asserting it's identity on the world stage, politically & culturally. Also the phenomenon that apparently still occurs today, started around this time that Australian travellers were popping up in unexpected places around the world. Local people round the world started to have conversations about their night out, when half way through a mention of Australians turning up, the women being beautiful (the women glow) and the men are heavy drinkers & almost agressively cheerful & chatty (men thunder/chunder - chunder is Aussie slang for vomiting from over drinking), hence the narrator is in Bombay & Brussels, when he meets a man who's 6'4" & full of muscles & offers him a Vegemite sandwich (yeah, Vegemite is a yeast based spread that you put very thinly on bread or toast in Australia, all Australian children are brought up on it, therefore you have to be Australian not to find it utterly disgusting, so, don't feel like you have to try it). Most of us haven't heard it as anything other than in the background music to announce an advert break during the televising of a sports TV telecast for years, and the film clip even longer (in the 80's in Australia, there was a very much homemade and therefore cheap approach, very "can do" attitude to film clips, not so much yet the more polished MTV approach that was happening in America). It was very much a thing of cultural pride for many decades. Unfortunately there's a sad side to the song that came much later, in 2009. The flute tune in the song was deemed too close to the tune of the children's song "Kookaburra", something that the owners of the song hadn't noticed in the intervening decades & a copyright lawsuit ensued, which Men at Work lost. There was an understandable furor among the Australian public that the lawsuit was ridiculous & the untimely death of Men at Work flute player Greg Ham has been suggested to have been caused by the stress of the long lawsuit. - Oh, random side note re: the phenomenon of Aussies turning up in strange places around the world and being heavy drinkers, in the end credits of Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones), the man that Marion in her bar in, I think Tibet, wins a drinking match with during her introduction at the beginning of the film, he's listed as Australian Mountain climer. Liking your videos. I found it when I was watching another channel react to Gotye & Kimbra's Someone that I used to know, and after 2 verses they had no idea what the song was about, rather frustrated that the people on this channel apparently listen to songs but don't listen to the lyrics, then saw your reaction video on the youtube list on the side & of course, you got it because your great, so I've watched a few of you reaction videos, keep up the good work. May I suggest give Kate Bush, Bjork, Tori Amos & Sia a look, you'll be pleasantly surprised. :)
@CptSlow893 жыл бұрын
The "Land Down Under" is Australia, where the group is from. The lyrics were written by lead singer Colin Hay, who explained in his Songfacts interview: "The chorus is really about the selling of Australia in many ways, the overdevelopment of the country. It was a song about the loss of spirit in that country. It's really about the plundering of the country by greedy people. It is ultimately about celebrating the country, but not in a nationalistic way and not in a flag-waving sense. It's really more than that."
@ronaldobrien68703 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed : Colin Hay also said in an interview that the coffin at the end was meant to represent Australia itself.
@christianmattison60963 жыл бұрын
India I have missed you so much. You are, by far, my favorite reactor and always have been. Hope t see you more regular again!
@davidcruz86672 жыл бұрын
No, the land Down Under is Australia. He asks "do you speak-a my language?"... of course he does, it's English, just with a funny accent. "Gave me a Vegemite sandwich..." Vegemite is a popular spread in Australia made of yeast, it's very salty so a little is all you need. Try it on toast and butter. Like Marmite, but better. Those "dance moves" is them imitating kangaroos bounding away, which live in Aussie land. I recommend "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil, another great Australian rock band.
@NJovceski3 жыл бұрын
The land down under is Australia. The song is full of Aussie slang and stereotypes. This is a song that unites, everyone sings along too, a classic. Xo
@sirplus32823 жыл бұрын
If your overseas and home sick , this song can almost make you cry lol
@rajeshroshan28773 жыл бұрын
Maybe even if you're not Australian.
@susanwlasiuk91903 жыл бұрын
I miss you India Come back
@bitspacemusic3 жыл бұрын
When I got my first LP, my dad bought this one. I think it was in 1981. I was seven.
@thecarpartsguy86763 жыл бұрын
I miss the 80's. Families seemed closer. There was a lot of different music happening. We listened to every genre. Good times. Who is still rocking 80's jams with me?
@DiscoTimelordASD2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!
@one-eye17213 жыл бұрын
A bunch of years ago a comedy game show on Aussie TV mentioned that the little flute riff after the chorus was taken from the classic folk song 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree'. Immediately the rights holder to that song sued Colin Hay and wanted all of the royalties from the song. From what I remember the court awarded them a cut of the profits from the date they filed the lawsuit which got them only a couple hundred grand. But Colin Hay said he had to spend five million dollars in court defending it..
@wannabewest20102 жыл бұрын
Yes i was waiting for you to connect the dots. Yes Australia and watch it again
@docbearmb3 жыл бұрын
The land down under is Australia. Many allusions are made throughout to things native to Australia. The lyric is “head full of zombies”. Zombie is an alcoholic drink that’s rum and brandy based. The grind has paid off. You’ve become one of the best, most enjoyable reactors. But everybody is entitled to rest now and then.
@NyMyers643 жыл бұрын
My favorite song from this band has always been "It's a Mistake" from their 2nd album Cargo.
@caityl.charnoski77742 жыл бұрын
Me too that song has one of the most underrated guitar solos of the 80’s
@scooby19922 жыл бұрын
Whenever you hear them on the radio now ( which isnt very often ) they always play Down Under ( which is a great song ) , but I prefer Overkill .
@roxee573 жыл бұрын
We Australians don’t take too many things seriously, so don’t read too much into it.
@chrisalldis33753 жыл бұрын
Well said Roxee, too true
@pauleenwardale64253 жыл бұрын
I agree, all about the fun
@chadjcrase3 жыл бұрын
except the thunder
@jt20903 жыл бұрын
India I dont know if you' will see this but Cyndi Lauper just mentioned you on her facebook page today
@numberonesongs44442 жыл бұрын
An interesting bit of information about this song. The part in the song and video were the big guy offers him a Vegemite sandwich and it is a real sandwich in Australia. The company that owns the name Vegemite heard that the band had incorporated their sandwich into the song. They came to the band and ask if the band would want to promote the sandwich. The band surprisingly declined the offer.
@crimsonclover83143 жыл бұрын
This song like totally makes me go back to the 80's for a bit 😉
@garydietrich95323 жыл бұрын
Down under= Australia. Love your reactions, India.
@queenjenna26963 жыл бұрын
I luv that u done this... Since I remember back ago u mentioned u have Native American in u.... I wanted to suggest to u something I believe u would enjoy it and would most likely add it to a personal playlist for days to come... The song is called Return to Innocence by Enigma.... As it's a bit relaxing song I listen to to help me find a but a peace .... Hope ur doing well dear u and ur family. Blessings to you and your family 🖤
@leoraeina5148 Жыл бұрын
Yooza from Melbourne, Australia. Australia all the way!
@brendanjeffreys70563 жыл бұрын
It's one of our Australian Anthems... Just shows our sense of humour, we don't take ourselves serious ... Listen to this Aussie Group called- Icehouse Great Southern Land this is another one of our Anthems.. Stay safe and God Bless 🇦🇺🙏🇦🇺
@lisadavie58193 жыл бұрын
Great southern land is amazing.. I'm Scottish so proud that Colin Hays Scottish also. x
@lisadavie58193 жыл бұрын
Another great song is Mental as anything live it up. From crocodile Dundee.
@tomlafleche3323 жыл бұрын
Down Under is a slang reference for the country of Australia you know as in there under the equator....
@pointedspider Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs ever
@RTDavis05032 жыл бұрын
I used to love this song in the eighties
@scott36053 жыл бұрын
Hey my beautiful india's back ❤️ australia the land down under. Haven't heard this tune in ages. But love it.
@sixpakshaker883 жыл бұрын
We miss you on this channel.
@danielguerrero1176 Жыл бұрын
proud of our country, back then
@blakesliberator31973 жыл бұрын
This was a great Australian hit back in 1983. Still popular.
@mycatz2fatgaming3 жыл бұрын
It's good to see you're back India feeling better and sporting that patented smile and laugh.
@tinotime69913 жыл бұрын
Mucho love 4 u India👍
@williammarquez25523 жыл бұрын
You came back more beautiful than ever😉😍
@shawnjames92563 жыл бұрын
Never heard the joke "What is an Australian kiss? (answer) It's like a French Kiss, only down under."
@sixpakshaker883 жыл бұрын
"Overkill" is their best song.
@JoseGomez-ks8sk3 жыл бұрын
I miss your reaction videos India.I miss you beautiful soul. Grace us with your appearance once more 🥰 love you
@kathalinehansen70782 жыл бұрын
The band Men at Work came from Australia. Vegemite is explained below.
@kesleycottrell14163 жыл бұрын
This band had their own unique sound. Completely original.
@consciousbeing11883 жыл бұрын
MTV came out in 1981 and helped make this song huge in the US... without MTV I doubt it would've been as big but the timing was fortuitous.
@dansmith97243 жыл бұрын
Timing with the americas cup in 1982 not long after MTV released the video helped make the song famous😉👍
@consciousbeing11883 жыл бұрын
@L M Unfortunately the Aussie music industry is a shadow of it's former self... When I was a young fella it was phenomenal... the 70s and 80s were an amazing time to be alive. The music defined a generation... mere words don't do it justice.
@j-me63173 жыл бұрын
Yep, Men at Work were on MTV a lot. “Who Can It Be Now” and “It’s a Mistake” were on a lot too.
@starlaminde843611 ай бұрын
It’s a special talent and music you just have to get it…and I do. Love this whole album!!
@jacket54563 жыл бұрын
There was a trail that many hippies of the 50s-70s travelled. It went through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. On this journey, Weed and Opium as well as good ole' Heroin were available. But, some people had a big issue with the hippies. There was even a Serial Killer that murdered over 50 people he picked up on the trail.
@benjaminrupe59303 жыл бұрын
Yes! Love Men At Work. The first two albums are a brilliant, irreverent mix of pop, jazz and reggae that are well worth the time to absorb. Plus, they're just fun.
@sherigilmore91413 жыл бұрын
So good to see you back. Yes this was in the 80's not hippie generation. This was a big song for Men at Work.
@jimmyTimtam2 жыл бұрын
This song is seen as the Australian Anthem
@Michelle-kg9zz3 жыл бұрын
Men at work takes me bk to the AWESOME decade of the 80s I was in high school when this song came Love it😎🤘 Love you and your video's 🤘
@sean43393 жыл бұрын
80s music forever 👍👍👍😍🥰
@joanneharper90903 жыл бұрын
This song was so big in the 80s. I remember hearing it on the radio when I lived in Italy.
@johnperepchuk44833 жыл бұрын
There is a really incredible singer that you don't hear from much Morgana King she is incredible well worth your listening to
@DylansPen3 жыл бұрын
This song, along with Crocodile Dundee, had Americans all about the Australia in the 80's.
@paulstanley28253 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back. I can't believe you haven't reacted to this already. Another Aussie group I highly recommend are Hunters And Collectors. Too many great songs to mention but Blind Eye is one of my favourites by them.
@i-still-cruz24303 жыл бұрын
I remember this song hitting the charts back in the day. It was one of those songs that just stayed in your head. Lol Check out the group Devo. 👍
@PhalseProfit13 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this Australian classic
@terereynolds698 Жыл бұрын
The land of from under is Australia. This is a happy upbeat song.
@Rushyrl3 жыл бұрын
It's an Australian Classic song. Gives the same sorta vibes as Red Hot Chili Peppers but years before that.
@poolhall96323 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: the flute part was lifted from "Kookaburra [sits in the old gum tree]", a well-known children's song written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair The band didn’t have the rights - so they got sued.
@dawnrobbins58773 жыл бұрын
It was not intentionally stolen and only about four notes. George Harrison had the same trouble with My Sweet Lord being copied from He's So Fine.
@darkgaucho15143 жыл бұрын
Another fun fact... the song's original writer "did" give them verbal permission to use the Kookaburra melody in Downunder, but when she died, the rights to the tune passed to her descendants, who saw a goldmine. The descendants sued the band and won, which is why the band only had to pay royalties from the time the descendants gained ownership of the tune, and not the years prior to that.
@orbuckeye8963 жыл бұрын
It was the 80s, you can't over think it.
@cheryla74802 жыл бұрын
Worldwide the term “the land down under” refers to Australia. The band is Australian, they are singing of Australian things….like a Vegemite sandwich, a popular spread there.
@MusicLover-dt7ic3 жыл бұрын
Check out Who Can It Be Now, another great tune by them. Thanks.
@edwardkramer90923 жыл бұрын
The group is from Australia.. Australia is known as the country down under
@davidbrandenburg8029 Жыл бұрын
I love their work
@davidgamache30353 ай бұрын
Australian you wonderful Lady ^_^ Love your Reaction Videos BTW!
@jefffowler25873 жыл бұрын
LMFAO the land down under dear is Australia, too cute
@leewalsh24283 жыл бұрын
I doubt Colin Hay can still do those crazy dance moves, I loved his appearance on Scrubs performing Overkill.
@angelapetersson3 жыл бұрын
India, i love you. You do such good input and comments on different musik. I would love to hear your input on Bob Marley and The Wailers. Often when a song is good, you need to "wait for it". Then it can floor you. Also a very good group is Boney M. Tragic history, althoug i've always loved the ladys in this group. If you find them, look at the apperance of the females. When in sweden, they had a good time, Germany not so good. Please try to give input on one of this. Lots of love and hug your kids as well. HAPPY DAYS
@billpemberton49813 жыл бұрын
I watched your reaction to Bobby Caldwell……Lmfao,best reaction I ever seen.
@luisalonsoecheverria3 жыл бұрын
Please react to "Overkill", "Who Can It Be Now?", "It's A Mistake", and "I Can See It In Your Eyes",
@ownyourcrazy87343 жыл бұрын
Australian Music videos were always more about personality than image.
@catherinehammond15192 жыл бұрын
Men At Work were sued by the writer of Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree,written by Marion Sinclair in 1934,the flute section sounds very much the same.
@juanplazas45933 жыл бұрын
where are you??? We miss you!
@brendaotoole40123 жыл бұрын
Wait you’re missing again? R u ok?
@rhiahlMT3 жыл бұрын
Those aren't dance moves, they are kangaroo hops.
@gregorybrewster88363 жыл бұрын
India I like your reactions to the music videos. They are a classic. :)
@bradydasportsguy48253 жыл бұрын
Only a Woman Like You by Michael Bolton is such a great song. Hward this one for the first time a few days ago
@timnoyes98923 жыл бұрын
The land down under, Australia.
@chadjcrase3 жыл бұрын
It's funny how our reactions are always - whatever, we don't take ourselves too seriously. I know it's true, but it's still really funny, especially if a young person wanted to sing about their country today.
@Pattyboybx3 жыл бұрын
I went through your videos. You react to a unique variety of music. I’m into hard rock mainly buy almost everything you react to is something I’ve enjoyed listening to growing up. I guess it’s nostalgic for me. Great music choice and also very different from other channels. I love how you don’t have the fake theatrical reactions like some of the other channels have. Wish you luck and hope your brand grows. Peace.
@darkomtobia3 жыл бұрын
"It's A Mistake" by them is good.
@coachtomas3 жыл бұрын
Dearest India. I love your videos. You have this engaging aura about you, whichever song you listen to. That smile and fun side is so beautiful and when the song is sad you feel it in your heart. I hope all is well with you. I hope we can see new videos soon. Much love.
@aaronbarlow437610 ай бұрын
India trying to explain what she thought 'down under' meant made me laugh. Then halfway through she must have Googled 'down under' because she started talking about the 'Australian spirit' lol.
@zaratee68873 жыл бұрын
Love this song!!!!
@shawnk78323 жыл бұрын
I love your energy.
@lisadavie58193 жыл бұрын
The singer is Scottish Colin Hay.
@garywoolf25963 жыл бұрын
They are from Australia.... I got to see them live and wasn't that thrilled about going. They turned out to be awesome live!
@davidbrandenburg8029 Жыл бұрын
the land down under is Australia! and they have some really bad assed storms!.
@kathleencooper21532 жыл бұрын
we are so proud to be aussies....
@OldiesMomma Жыл бұрын
Have you ever done anything on the solo music of stevie wright . he was a great performer lost to early❤❤🎉