umhausen wrote: 
Men at Work didn't steal it.  A court ruled that the flute line was lifted from an old Australian campfire song.  The song was written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert.  Greg Ham, the flutist, improvised the flute line during recording, after the song had been written. 

I listened to the Kookaburra song they supposedly plagiarized, but I don't think it sounds exactly like the flute riff in Down Under.

Men at Work did not steal this song.

 hubcapsally wrote: 
You'd have to ask an Australian about that.

Fun!  Flock of Seagulls next, perhaps? (just kidding)

Why don't the women plunder?

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

Can't hear it any more ! And btw Men at Work stole it ...

 Lrobby99 wrote: 
One play too many.

Aussie reggae doesn't do it for me

Still a great rocker.  So good for the feet as romeo says and a delight for the ears. 

Childhood bonus +5

I still love this song, and every single time I hear it, I want to visit Australia.

ahhhh  what??? when???

nostalgia!

Aussie reggae

A re-mix with less echo and the backline not in repeat,,and..well,forget it! #4

News flash:
Judge ruled on Tuesday that Men must pay 5 percent of the royalties they earned on this song to the company that holds the rights to "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."

This just in:
Men seek place to chunder.

I'm like Jerry Seinfeld - I hate to chunder so much, that it's been years since I have chundered.  

According to Urban Dictionary, it's Australian slang for "vomiting".

I do like the song - sort of a guilty pleasure, windows-up kind of song.  

It's funny, I never get tired of this song no matter how many times I hear it! Not one of their best and I actually prefer Colin Hay's solo stuff, but still a fun song!

God-like for a home-sick Aussie! Shame about the law suit though. Really sucks. The Music-Mafia just keeps on rockin don't they.

 Stingray wrote: 
Hold on big fella, no need to shout.  We hear ya!

 ehtiyot wrote: 
From what I understand, the author of the Kookabura song did NOT complain about the flute bit.

But she's passed on and the current copyright holder sued.  M@W may have to give up 60% of the royalties!  Sounds like corporate greed to me, even if it is technical violation.

 Lrobby99 wrote: 
Sorry, we need to air this tune 1/day to help M@W pay their lawyer fees ...

Lawsuit against the band was absurd. Best to Colin Hay and gang.

 RichardPrins wrote: 

Wow, that's a surprise...  I love this song...  always have...

 Grammarcop wrote: 
:-)

 Pieter wrote: 
Then by the Stephen Colbert Rule of Transitive Logic, my kids first heard "Land Down Under" on "Barney"! 

Wow, that has to be a world record mute for me - barely a second after the first two notes. No bother to 'beat the intro' on this severely overplayed (on FM) number. And if Vegemite is the Oz equivalent of Marmite, I absolutely loathe that with an unquenchable ferocity.