This would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. A judge has ruled that Colin Hay and his 80's Australian rock band Men At Work plagiarized 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree' in parts of its hit song 'Down Under'. The ruling means the current owners of the Kookaburra song stand to get as much as 60 percent of the back royalties.

I know the song they are talking about. I know the riff. Its 3 notes and yes it totally sounds like that stupid kids song. The difference is, that kids song is that riff and that riff alone. 'Down Under' has a lot more going on and could exist without that 3 note riff.

Apparently the company suing is a big greedy music company called Larrikin so its not like the money is going to some poor family of the dead lady that wrote the children's song a billion years ago.

Don't taint such a good song with your corporate bullshit!!!!

Tags: men at work, down under, kookaburra, music, 80s,

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