Going Somewhere

by

Colin Hay

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I've had this album on my amazon wish list for a couple of years waiting for the price to drop.....and it never does. This indicates that there is a small but strong fan base for this artist.

I remembered Men At Work from when the band was big and although they weren't really my thing, when the magazine Uncut got Paul McCartney to do a compilation CD it included a catchy song from this album, 'Going Somewhere.'

I finally pulled the trigger and bought it hoping it would resonate. It didn't. In fact, I've played the thing four or five times now but find myself turning it off before it has completely spun through. Still not my thing, evidently even though I kind of knew it wasn't even before I bought it...very puzzling.

So, when I sat in the barber chair last week having my haircut by Fred the punk rock barber, I asked him who he thought would buy an album by Colin Hay explaining that I had just done so because I remembered him from Men At Work, had heard a good song from the album and was curious to hear what he sounded like.

Fred replied that most people probably bought the thing because they remembered Men At Work and were curious to hear what Colin Hay sounds like now.

Fair enough. So, if you remember Colin Hay and wonder what he sounds like now you might want to buy the album that he just released (2009) and maybe pass on this one only because the former is more now.

For everybody else. This is a guy strumming a box guitar and singing self composed songs about, I think, life. It isn't bad but it really isn't all that good. There are a couple of songs that are pleasant, 'Going Somewhere' being one, the others aren't memorable.