Write this down, would you?
Aussie judge rules that Men at Work lifted tune of “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” for their own hit. Well yes, of course they did – I recognized the theme when the song came out in the 80′s, but so what? “Down Under” was as far removed from “Kookaburra” as I was from fourth grade music class when we first sang about that dumb bird. That’s how music grows – the band incorporated a song universally recognized as Australian and made up their own. I know nothing about Australian copyright law, but this is a crazy ruling from a perspective of common sense.
and “My Sweet Lord” = “He’s So Fine”, in the eyes of the court.
I’ve got an old bottle of Vegemite around here somewhere if anyone wants a taste.
Isn’t this song at least 20 years old? What took the Aussie judge so long to make the connection? and so what?
Funny, I’ve had that Kookaburra song in my head for days since my son dug out an old musical lullaby book!
The song was written in the 1930s and its composer is long dead. Some company now owns the copyright and for some reason, just got around to suing. Go figure.
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