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thesaga t1_jdu6n2j wrote

Reply to comment by gimmeafuckinname in TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra". by El-Hairy

Correct. The “plagiarised” portion is the short flute riff after the chorus, which mimics the exact melody of the nursery rhyme’s first line: “Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree”

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pineappleshnapps t1_jdumtbg wrote

Lmao, that sucks. They probably did it to be more Australian. A ton of songs have little odes to other songs in them.

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opm881 t1_jdv0ecg wrote

I mean, they were Australian, they didn’t need to try and be “more Australian”.

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objectsinmirrormaybe t1_je49xm6 wrote

In the film clip a band member was sitting on the branch of an old gum tree while playing the kookaburra tune on his flutes. Kind of drawing attention to what they were doing.

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