New York Mining Disaster 1941

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRqAzCevsY

Yes, the early pre-disco Bee Gees were pretty great, very Aussie Beatles (along with the Easybeats, natch).

But a single called "New York Mining Disaster, 1941?" You don't get that kind of thing these days.

What in the world were they thinking?