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R.I.P Greg Ham, a Men at Work @ Down Under

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danny_galaga:

They got sued a couple of years ago over a copyright issue. Sad thing is, the copyright owner wouldn't ever had thought about it except it featured as a question in a TV game show. Long bow to draw, but if that question had never been asked, it might not have tipped the scales for him since it was the flute part that was in contention  :-[

drventure:
I just read up about that. Never even heard it, but there's a comparison of the two riffs on youtube, and it's hard not to think one came from the other.

Still, Kukaburra is from the 30's, so he probably heard it as a kid and just riffed on it.

The royalties ended up being something like 5% of only a small portion of sales AFTER 2002 anyway, from what I read, so, meh.

Grey_area's right, though, that third album, ugh.

Gray_Area:
I knew it was Kookaburra when it came out, because we sang it in sixth grade. I didn't like the use in Down Under, but I didn't like the song that much. I like it more, now.

Yeah even with a retro revival, 2002 probably wasn't serious returns.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on April 24, 2012, 10:46:55 pm ---I knew it was Kookaburra when it came out, because we sang it in sixth grade. I didn't like the use in Down Under, but I didn't like the song that much. I like it more, now.

Yeah even with a retro revival, 2002 probably wasn't serious returns.

--- End quote ---

All the 'golden oldies' radio stations play it pretty much EVERY DAY. Money for jam for the plaintiffs.

PBJ: I'm guessing the rights holder of Happy Birthday don't have any spies Down Under, because I hear it sung at every second restaurant I eat at.

Vigo:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 25, 2012, 06:09:29 am ---All the 'golden oldies' radio stations play it pretty much EVERY DAY. Money for jam for the plaintiffs.

--- End quote ---

I hope they at least put other Men at Work music in rotation as well. In the states, it is sadly about their only song that gets any radio play.

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