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No Longer Reaching for the Stars
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... my first turntable, my first three albums were Marshall Crenshaw's debut album, John Cougar - American Fool and Men at Work - Business as Usual . I also loved listening to Q107's Top 5 at 10 every night but Uncle Johnny was no Casey. I still ... Comment?
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Marmite is more easily digested in book form
... can make Marmite out of it. Also Vegemite, which is the Australian version of Marmite name-checked by the group Men at Work. This is all in Maggie's little book, its entries arranged alphabetically. Under "vitamins," you learn that Marmite is packed ... Comment?
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Marmite: You either love it or you hate it
... can make Marmite out of it. Also Vegemite, which is the Australian version of Marmite name-checked by the band Men at Work. This is all in Maggie's little book, its entries arranged alphabetically. Under "vitamins," you learn that Marmite is packed ... Comment?
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A Kookaburra Causes Trouble 'Down Under'
... "Waltzing Matilda" probably comes to mind. So might the popular nursery tune "The Kookaburra Song." Then there's Men at Work's "Down Under." That major international pop hit and "The Kookaburra Song" now reside at the center of a fierce ... Comment?
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... Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold Ely Guerra - Hombre Invisible Men at Work - Business as Usual Johnny Got a Lighter - Empty Wells Comment?
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... shows at noon today through Ticketweb, including: Bluegrass/folk hero Doc Watson ; 8 p.m. May 15; $80-$65. Men at Work's Colin Hay ; 8 p.m. May 21-22; $25-$22. Local record label Modern Radio's 10th Anniversary Celebration ; 5 p.m. Jan. 23; $10. ... 6 comments
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California Showers Colin Hay With 'Sunshine'
... but Colin Hay doesn't want for charm. With roots in Scotland, Hay first found fame in the '80s, as the guy from Men at Work who came "from the land Down Under." But he's since relocated to the U.S., where he's appeared in several movies and on TV's ... Comment?
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Men at Work singer Colin Hay. Scotch eggs make a comeback and women get tough on the pitch. Comment?
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Music news: Exclusive: Scots musician Colin Hay sued for 'theft' of Australian anthem
... Australia's "other national anthem" - 28 years after he made it a worldwide hit. Colin, 56, who wrote and sang Men At Work's 1981 hit Down Under, has been accused of nicking it from a folk song. And defending the case, which came to court in ... Comment?
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... . An attempt to rewrite Australian music history had begun. If successful, it would take some of the shine off Men At Work's achievement in creating a No.1 song in Australia, the US and Britain, and reallocate some of the lucre it still generates ... Comment?
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Down Under musician says he's dinkum
... said in an affidavit entered in the Federal Court yesterday. Ham, a member of the world-famous Australian band Men At Work from 1979 to 1985, plays a flute in a mangrove tree next to a fake koala in the music video of Down Under, which went to No. 1 ... Comment?
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Flute 'not integral part' of Down Under
THE famous flute riff in Men At Work's hit Down Under was "unmistakably" the same as an Australian folk tune but because it was performed in a reggae style it sounded very different, a music expert has told a court. Comment?
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Some familiar faces for Folkie
... on the bill. Aussie songwriter Mick Thomas and his band The Sure Thing, Northern Ireland's Brian Kennedy, former Men At Work frontman Colin Hay and American guitarist/songwriter Chris Smither are among the first wave of artists to be confirmed, ... Comment?
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Legal men at work defend 'Down Under'
SITTING in a courtroom in Sydney, Colin Hay's jaw was anything but slack. The Men at Work frontman had much to say on the issue of whether the flute riff from his anthemic pop song Down Under had ripped off the melody of the children's classic Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. Comment?
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Australia's Men at Work accused of plagiarism
Lawyers Tuesday accused 1980s rock band Men at Work of stealing a "quintessentially Australian" flute riff for their iconic hit "Down Under" at the opening of a Federal Court copyright battle. Comment?
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Backwards Bullets: This Week In Charts 1982
'WHO' WAS NO. 1?: This week in 1982, Australia's Men at Work , fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Hay , topped the Billboard Hot 100 with their first U.S. single, "Who Can It Be Now?" In the print issue of Billboard dated Oct. Comment?
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Hay denies stealing Kookaburra riff
Men At Work songwriter Colin Hay denies purposely using a riff from an Australian folk song in the band's smash hit Down Under. Comment?
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Multimillion $ stoush at Sydney address
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... Larrikin Music, which owns the copyright to the 1934 song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree , alleges Men At Work pinched their famous flute ''hook'' from its children's folk tune and wants backdated royalties - including licence fees from Qantas ... Comment?
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Court case: Men At Work accused of theft
IT'S not your usual place for a jam session but yesterday the Federal Court was treated to a practical demonstration of the similarities between the melody of children's song Kookaburra and the flute riff of Men at Work's iconic anthem Down Under. Comment?
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Down Under riff still a rip-off: court
Aussie band Men At Work's alleged illegal use of an Australian folk song theme may be in a different key, but it is still the same song, a music expert has told a court. Comment?
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