Men At Work - C or D

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Music company Larrikin has won the first stage of a copyright case over the Men At Work song Down Under.

We used to sing that song when I was at kindy, but I never heard the echoes of it in the Down Under solo until now.

moley, Saturday, 1 August 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link

six months pass...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8497433.stm

Yep, the girl guides have won.

Mark G, Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Man At Work dies

Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 11:19 (eleven years ago) link

This band has not had the easiest of afterlifes.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 April 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link

Rather heartening how "Overkill" has become the band's most famous hit in recent years.

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link

That sucks. Business As Usual was the first album I ever bought with my own money. In many ways my first favorite band.

RIP, Greg.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link

RIP

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link

Rather heartening how "Overkill" has become the band's most famous hit in recent years.

^^^

it's smdh time in America (will), Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link

It's annoying that this guy is just being reported as the flautist, cos he was also the sax player on stuff like Overkill and Who Can It Be Now.

Friends of Mr Caeiro (NickB), Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link

and he wrote and sang "Helpless Automaton", one of my favorite deep cuts from Business As Usual.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link

yeah i was gonna say, the "Who Can It Be Now" sax is probably as famous as the "Down Under" flute

lathe darkman (some dude), Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link

Aw, fuck no. He was my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13QMwLpruM

pplains, Thursday, 19 April 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link

RIP :(

Btw. I consider "Overkill" to be their best song. "Down Under" was fun and all, but maybe too much of a novelty. "Overkill" was an excellent pop song, partly also thanks to the wonderful sax theme by Ham.

The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link


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