Jimbob wrote:migrant: regarding Robert Johnson (nice choice) , I do believe that one E. Clapton does the best version of Johnson's "Crossroads".
I agree!!
I've read that Johnson was a big influence on Clapton and at one time Eric Clapton said "if you don't know who Robert Johnson is, I don't care to talk to you"
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
slighty off topic but topical: If there was a contemporary music world cup (not a bl..dy Eurosong thingy), one of the finalists would always be an English speaking nation.
When my wife leaves the house, to chill out I often put on Lisa Gerrard especially ' J'Attends' from the Black Hawk Down soundtrack.
Sunday nights Glastonbury headliner - Stevie Wonder - was a great 2 hours of non stop nostalgia.
It was good to see such a mixed age group of almost 80,000 people all enjoying his songs - and a lot of them singing along too.
Shame McCartney didn't put in an appearance though. It was the 40th Glastonbury, and I thought he might have made the effort just to do Ebony and Ivory. Probably too busy recouping his losses.
Dug out some "Men at Work" recently, good stuff. Found this vid of "Land down under", great song but the fashion etc is a bit scary when you look back at it now.
For Spitfire: incidently, concerning 'Land down Under' copyright ruling yesterday,
"the man at the centre of Men at Work's copyright dispute is shattered that the famous song and his reputation have been tarnished.
''It has destroyed so much of my song,'' flute player Greg Ham said.
His refrain in Down Under was found to have reproduced a ''substantial part'' of the Guides' campfire anthem Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
''It will be the way the song is remembered and I hate that,'' he said. ''I'm terribly disappointed that that's the way I'm going to be remembered - for copying something.''
Justice Peter Jacobsen yesterday ordered the song's composers, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, and its publisher EMI to pay publisher Larrikin Music 5 per cent of Down Under's future profits, as well as royalties dating back to 2002.
Larrikin Music holds the copyright for the original Kookaburra melody, which was written more than 75 years ago by Toorak teacher Marion Sinclair.
The ruling is for substantially less than the 50 per cent royalty cut sought by Larrikin.
Mr Ham, who receives a small percentage of the song's royalties, said the decision ''could have been worse''.
''If it had been backdated to the '80s that would have been wrist slashing stuff,'' he said.
''I'll never see another cent out of that song again. We'll face massive legal costs.
''At the end of the day, I'll end up selling my house.''
He said he was still ''flabbergasted'' by the ruling of plagiarism.
''No one detected it - I didn't detect it and I played the f---ing thing.''
''I was looking for something that sounded Australiana - that's what came out - it was never Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
''Music's always been about referring to what's already in our culture.''
He attacked the case as a ''massive waste of money and energy'' and said publishers would now be less likely to take on young songwriters.
''This whole copyright issue needs to be dealt with.
''Musicians are unaware of their rights, and they need to be able to cover themselves.''
Source: The Age
Music publishers: 2, Musicians 0
As always the real winners are lawyers. They don't live on Vegimite sandwiches.
Yeah Jimbob, ridiculously petty really to hand out a verdict like that after 25 years or more, no-one noticed, and that's if it was done on purpose, which it probably wasn't. I have always liked "Men at Work", lots of good stuff. As you say, it's the lawyers that win. The music industry is a bit crazy, whatever happened to just making good music?
I suppose they won't have to pay much though and, as said in the article, it could nave been much worse. Those lunatics that brought the case wanted 50% of the royalties.
recently read meantion on this site(?) and heard some radio stuff by 'The National', liked and bought latest release 'high violet'.
Hard group to classify genre.
who?-some background
The National are a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf. Aaron plays guitar, bass and piano, Bryce plays guitar, Scott plays bass and guitar, and Bryan is the drummer. The band's influences range from Bruce Springsteen to Joy Division to Wilco.
I've always liked 'Hootie and the Blowfish' but have been finding and checking out more of their songs and they have loads of cool hits like Time, Hold My Hand, Hey Hey What can I do, To be with you etc, great stuff, didn't realise they had so many good songs.
I think these two are good as a sample to post for all. He really does have a great voice.
