![]() ![]() And I mixed the results with more of an eye for a balance of the whole recording, rather than vocal-heavy, which is easy for us singers to do. The second session, I had the vocal line I was looking for and even channeled some of the style of the original singer. The first session of several recordings yielded iffy results. ![]() You could hear my wife in the background putting something in the microwave to be "nuked." The first, I thought was fun because I was still searching for the vocal line I wanted to use. If anything, a testament to how much work, whether in recording, or in arrangement, one can expect to make in doing a song. I know, we are suppose to present the "A game." And we will eventually. Sometimes due to environmental noise popping in, or I foul up a chord change, or lose my place in the lyrics. And others, a few different recording sessions with several attempts in each one. ![]() ![]() I have posted some songs where, without telling any one, it was the first and only take, cold shot, right out of the gate. However, I like a "day in the life." How does any of us approach a cover, even one we are familiar with? It wasn’t just another weird Men at Work hit it was a bittersweet ballad exposing our own anxieties and vulnerabilities.Ĭolin Hay has proven that he is no flash in the pan he has released several solo albums, and his song “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You” was the highlight of the soundtrack to Braff’s movie, “Garden State.” And Hay’s solo acoustic cover of his own hit is now the most-played song on my iPod.Normally, I don't make excuses. hid from his attending physician and, at one point, serenading him as a corpse in the morgue.īut as the cast struggled with their problems throughout the day, the words, “I can’t get to sleep, I think about the implications of diving in too deep” suddenly made sense. Mind you, it was still quirky – Hay posed as a patient throughout, standing in a closet with J.D. The song immediately took on new meaning – Hay’s stripped-down version lent some newfound sadness and frustration to the otherwise dated hit. and company tried to deal with each other during a particularly stressful day. Suddenly, there was Colin Hay in the background, a bit fatter and balder, playing a troubadour with an acoustic guitar singing “Overkill.” Hay followed J.D. I was watching an episode in 2002 in which Braff’s character, J.D., and his friend Turk were grabbing lattes from a coffee stand before heading to work at the hospital – one day after a heated argument among the employees. ‘Overkill’ on ‘Scrubs’Įnter Zach Braff and his hit show “Scrubs.” I heard it maybe twice over the next 19 years. I remember thinking at the time that “Overkill” was a catchy, upbeat number, and its neurotic message was similar to its paranoid predecessor, “Who Can it Be Now?” But it seemed a bit too lightweight and quirky, and, like the group itself, the song retreated to the deep recesses of my brain. Cargo debuted in 1983, and although it spawned two Top 10 hits, “Overkill” and “It’s a Mistake,” it failed to capture the Zeitgeist as its predecessor, and Men at Work quietly yielded the stage to Duran Duran and Culture Club. Men at Work were the quintessential band of the 80s they burst on the scene with 1982’s Business as Usual, riding on the strength of the major hits “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under.” Soon everyone knew what vegemite was.īut no longer could musical artists rest on their laurels with a new band popping up every minute, Colin Hay and company were pressed to record and release another album. ![]()
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