‘Down Under’ Was Ripped-Off

[scotty]

http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sna ... ipped-off/
I cant see it???

[kiramdear]

Nope, I don't see it either.

[kennyhowes]

Nope, I don't see it either.

It's a stretch. I bet it gets thrown out.

[longhouse]

My sweet Lord. I don't mind seeing Sony hit with a big bill if there's just cause ...but I don't hear the similarity here. I hope George Harrison's spirit visits the plaintiffs and scares some sense into them. Looks like a case of money-grubbing to me.

[winston]

Just an attempt at a money grab IMO. The only real similarities are that they are both musical in content and both iconic Australian tunes............

[Scastles]

Wow!! 50% of the earnings?? Talk about 'Down Under'.

[scotty]

Thats gonna take the sausage out of the Vegemite Sandwich...

[jamfanman]

from the video i wouldn't call ‘Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree' iconic, possibly chronic?

[scotty]

Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree?
Doesnt that sum up Aitch?










Ducks for cover...........

[godber]

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder

There may be carrots in your vomit, but it doesn't make it a casserole.

[scotty]

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder

There may be carrots in you vomit, but it doesn't make it a casserole.

Maybe a Beef bourguignon?

[godber]

..or an Ernest Borgnine

[scotty]

you win

[antipodean]

The judgement infuriates me... it's going to get to the stage where some clown can claim royalties to "Twist and Shout" (and many other classics) based on the fact they bought the rights to an earlier song with the I-IV-V chord pattern.... The only way to make your song truly original is to do away with the entire concept of scales... edit: and hope nobody else has even thought about doing the same thing...

[winston]

I could not agree more Evan. What were they thinking