Nearly 30 yrs later, Men At Work guilty of plagiarism!?!
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However, I was using those versions to illustrate that the songwriter, when re-recording the song twice, considered that part of the arrangement to be important enough to keep it in both versions.
However, I do agree that while it's part of the arrangement, it's not part of the "written" song. Here's an accoustic guitar/vocal version to prove your assertion:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrmUq1EudE
I also did find one of the solo albums version on Youtube, with some odd video montage over it:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9iWO3KcUJ0
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someone told me the dumbasses who owned the kookaburra song didn't even realize until the connection was mentioned on the music game show "spicks and specks" there. I bet Men at Work are wishing it never was!
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There's a bit of guitar work in the Dio Sabbath song "Lady Evil" that knowingly/jokingly borrows from eternal popster Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman".
I bet Tony Iommi is quaking in his boots!
I bet Tony Iommi is quaking in his boots!
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"Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" is a well-known song associated with Australia, and it's obvious to me it's usage was intentional. No doubt they used it thinking it was in the public domain and they were safe from being sued.
What's ridiculous is that the people suing had nothing to do with the writer of the song. It's not even her family. It's some corporation that bought the rights.
What's ridiculous is that the people suing had nothing to do with the writer of the song. It's not even her family. It's some corporation that bought the rights.
"Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" is a well-known song associated with Australia, and it's obvious to me it's usage was intentional. No doubt they used it thinking it was in the public domain and they were safe from being sued.
What's ridiculous is that the people suing had nothing to do with the writer of the song. It's not even her family. It's some corporation that bought the rights.
What's ridiculous is that the people suing had nothing to do with the writer of the song. It's not even her family. It's some corporation that bought the rights.
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TANGENT: another example of innocent/minor musical "borrowing"
*EDIT: it kicks in for about four seconds from 2:57ish.