See Hear Podcast episode 31 - Interview with Harry Hayes,director of You Better Take Cover

Welcome to episode 31 of See Hear podcast.  In a first for the
show, Bernie, Tim and Maurice invite a film director on the show to
discuss his work. Specifically, the crew is joined by Harry Hayes
who has directed a terrific award winning documentary called You
Better Take Cover. Back in 1981, Australian band Men At Work
released the single Down Under from their debut album Business As
Usual. The song became famous around the world and became an
unofficial Australian national anthem - it has certainly been used
at international sporting events involving an Australian
team.  The story of the song's rise to fame would have been
interesting enough for a short film, but the story had an
unexpected second act. In 2008, Australian TV music trivia show
Spicks And Specks posed an innocent question asking what children's
nursery rhyme a flute riff played in the song by Greg Ham was based
on -  the answer had sad and ultimately tragic
consequences.  The crew ask Harry about what prompted him to
put the documentary together, his investigation into Down Under as
a cultural phenomenon and as a legal case. We discuss about the use
of quoting riffs from one sing in another - why does the legal
fraternity interpret homage as plagiarism? Is their profession
equipped to understand the difference? Were the publishers of the
nursery rhyme genuinely protecting their "property” or were they
just greedy opportunists?  We thank Harry for his time. Keep a
look out for a release of the film very shortly. If you want to
keep an eye out for screenings, watch the trailer or find out other
information about the film, you can go to
http://youbettertakecover.com/ If you dig what we do, could you
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