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Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree ripped off by Men at Work with Down under... Proof

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Uploaded by on Feb 5, 2010

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree ripped off by Men at Work with Down under... listen the lyrics fit perfect.. the riff is just speedup....

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  • I'm still not hearing the Kookaburra song

  • I can't believe Men at Work lost the case on this. That little part is nowhere near the entire song. Shame on the people that brought this suit against MAW. One of the best bands from the 80's.

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  • No I don't hear it either - lot of buncombe about nothing - there are only 8 notes in an octave and somewhere along the way a combination is going to be similar to SOMEthing else

    THE BIGGEST load of rot are the educators who are banning it in some schools because of its 'sexual leanings'- what a crock

  • i can hear it i just dont know why it matters so much

  • @ComeOnBackOff It was a woman who wrote it (in 1934) and she died in the 80s. The copyright subsequently vested in Larrikin Music Publishing. They were only alerted to the infringement after an Australian TV program commented on the similarity in the late 2000s.

  • it's the flute riff that Greg Ham subsequently added into the track years later that constituted the copyright infringement, as the flute riff forms a substantial part of the original Kookaburra song.

  • @rewind64155 Did they seriously get sued for that? All musicians are influenced by other music and musicians.  These are both clearly different entities, and both good songs in their own right.

  • The endings are totally different. The nursery goes down while this goes up, and anyway ypu can put a whole bunch of other nursery rhymes in there too if you had the mind to.

  • Shame on you SnuffyDumps you fat cunt!

  • why shame? this part of the song was made as a way to show pride for australia

  • You know, if they copied the tune why did the guy wait so long to sue?

    It sounds like he just wants the money.

  • HORRIBLE

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