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Sarah Konoski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
884 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Was that part of who you were then already?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Were you ambitious for music?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Is it something that you wanted as a career or was it a fun thing that you were doing as a kid?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

So you were playing guitar, you were learning songs.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

When did you start playing with other people?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

What was that early scene like in Melbourne?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Did you enjoy performing straight away as well?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Is that part of what was drawing you to the music as well as the songs and the writing?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Was it being in front of a crowd?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

So you hadn't seen yourself as a singer before then?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

So how did you then put together all four men at work?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

How did that happen?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

One of the first songs, I think the first single that Men At Work put out, Who Can It Be Now?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Tell me about writing that song.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Kind of like that.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Kind of like that.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Colin Hay, of course, singing Who Can It Be Now, which was the first hit single for Men At Work.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

And then that was followed, I think, pretty much straight away with Down Under.

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Did that period in your life feel like it was happening in fast forward, you know, even at the time that that success sort of seemed to snowball?

Conversations
Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Well, what did you think you knew?