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El término "Down Under" se refiere a países que se encuentran "por debajo", es decir en el hemisferio sur, especialmente Australia y Nueva Zelanda. La canción cuenta sobre distintas vivencias y costumbres de Australia y de los años 1980. Está inspirada en el libro "Las Aventuras de Barry MacKenzie", donde el protagonista viaja y recorre Gran Bretaña para encontrarse a sí mismo; y en las propias experiencias del propio Colin Hay.5
En las primeras líneas se hace referencia a las drogas y al movimiento hippie: "Traveling in a fried-out Kombi / On a hippie trail, head full of zombies", donde se menciona a la Kombi, abreviación local para referirse al Volkswagen T2 y a un sendero turístico utilizado ampliamente por hippies. En la segunda estrofa, se menciona una experiencia real de Hay, en la que se encuentra con un panadero emigrante de Brussels y al "Vegemite sandwich" (una pasta típica para untar sobre el pan en Australia).
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La letra es realmente sobre la venta de Australia en muchos sentidos, el sobredesarrollo del país. Era una canción sobre la pérdida del espíritu en ese país. Realmente se trata del saqueo del país por parte de personas codiciosas. En última instancia, se trata de celebrar el país, pero no de una manera nacionalista ni en un sentido de ondear una bandera. Es realmente más que eso.
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Down under- written by colin james hay and ron strykert- as recorded by men at work- reached #1 in 1982travelling in a fried-out combieon a hippie trail, head full of zombiei met a strange lady, she made me nervousshe took me in and gave me breakfastand she said... "do you come from a land down under? where women glow and men plunder? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover"buying bread from a man in brusselshe was six-foot-four and full of musclesi said, "do you speak-a my language?"he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwichand he said... "i come from a land down under where beer does flow and men chunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover" yeahlyin' in a den in bombaywith a slack jaw, and not much to sayi said to the man, "are you trying to tempt mebecause i come from the land of plenty?"and he said... "oh! do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah) where women glow and men plunder? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover." living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover
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Down under- written by colin james hay and ron strykert- as recorded by men at work- reached #1 in 1982travelling in a fried-out combieon a hippie trail, head full of zombiei met a strange lady, she made me nervousshe took me in and gave me breakfastand she said... "do you come from a land down under? where women glow and men plunder? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover"buying bread from a man in brusselshe was six-foot-four and full of musclesi said, "do you speak-a my language?"he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwichand he said... "i come from a land down under where beer does flow and men chunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover" yeahlyin' in a den in bombaywith a slack jaw, and not much to sayi said to the man, "are you trying to tempt mebecause i come from the land of plenty?"and he said... "oh! do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah) where women glow and men plunder? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover." living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover
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