drums real bottles or something else?

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i was watching one of my favorite movies Kangaroo Jack so then i wanted to listen to one of my favorite songs 'Land From Down Under'. I was wondering if parts of the beginning percussion are real bottles or something else? I like that sound, thanks.

the video wouldn't embed so here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc
 
My guess, because of when the song was recorded and the popularity of samplers at the time, was that someone sampled a glass bottle sound and then played it on a keyboard.
 
must be it:) i was thinking that in the first place but thought maybe it was an 'actual' percussive instrument other than a bottle, but still thought it might just be a bottle, thanks:)
 
Men At Work would never stoop to sampling bottles... they would have drunk a case of long necks and filled them up with appropriate amounts of water, like the pros do...

The song is quite old.

On a related note, that song (which is iconic here in Australia) is in court at the moment over a part of the flute riff being "borrowed" from an old Australian kid's song called "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" - given the popularity of "Down Under" the potential payout is huge..

Your favourite movie is Kangaroo Jack? Wow, that's a first... :eek:
 
Armistice said:
Men At Work would never stoop to sampling bottles... they would have drunk a case of long necks and filled them up with appropriate amounts of water, like the pros do...

The song is quite old.

On a related note, that song (which is iconic here in Australia) is in court at the moment over a part of the flute riff being "borrowed" from an old Australian kid's song called "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" - given the popularity of "Down Under" the potential payout is huge..

Your favourite movie is Kangaroo Jack? Wow, that's a first... :eek:
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Are they still arguing about that riff................geeze:rolleyes:

BTW, Armi, are you recording yet? :D


:cool:
 
Hey Aus

Yeah, there's an update in SMH every day or so, it's in court now...

Not recording but that's because I'm in a duo called The Jongleurs that is just about to try to get gigs (man) about town... 2 acoustic guitars - Richard is the lead singer / guitarist and I'm the lead guitarist singer... we have about a 30 song repertoire, 22 of which are originals.. about half and half.. mine sometimes have instrumental passages (of course!).

Will be recording us in the next month or so... :D

Sorry to hijack your thread can'tthink....!
 
Armistice said:
Men At Work would never stoop to sampling bottles... they would have drunk a case of long necks and filled them up with appropriate amounts of water, like the pros do...
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It's definitely a sample. It's snare + bottles IIRC.
 
Sorry, my bad... let me rephrase that...

<sarcasm>Men At Work would never stoop to sampling bottles... they would have drunk a case of long necks and filled them up with appropriate amounts of water, like the pros do...</sarcasm> ;)
 
Armistice said:
Men At Work would never stoop to sampling bottles... they would have drunk a case of long necks and filled them up with appropriate amounts of water, like the pros do...

The song is quite old.

On a related note, that song (which is iconic here in Australia) is in court at the moment over a part of the flute riff being "borrowed" from an old Australian kid's song called "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" - given the popularity of "Down Under" the potential payout is huge..

Your favourite movie is Kangaroo Jack? Wow, that's a first... :eek:
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thanks:), now i really want to know what they used even more than i did when i first posted, it probably was a longneck, i would like to try this the first time i ever sample:D

it is kinda old, i remember my parents always playing it, and i loved it then i and i still love it now:D, i will always love this song, this song & Men at Work are on my top 5 personal favorite list:D I love the flute riff too, i can't believe its in court right now, i wonder if the Kookaburra song is on youtube, i want to hear the first riff. I have always lived in america so i've never heard this Kookaburra song.:rolleyes:

Kangaroo Jack isn't my favorite movie, just one of them. I like it alot, it cracks me up.:)

Hey Aus

Yeah, there's an update in SMH every day or so, it's in court now...

Not recording but that's because I'm in a duo called The Jongleurs that is just about to try to get gigs (man) about town... 2 acoustic guitars - Richard is the lead singer / guitarist and I'm the lead guitarist singer... we have about a 30 song repertoire, 22 of which are originals.. about half and half.. mine sometimes have instrumental passages (of course!).

Will be recording us in the next month or so...

Sorry to hijack your thread can'tthink....!
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No worries about the hijack no big deal to me:D it would be cool if you could keep us updated if you like, now i want to know the outcome. & good luck with your duo, and btw Armistice Day is one of my favorite songs too by Midnight Oil, that's probably not what your screenname is about tho:)

cheerio
 
i listened to it again, i think the riff is almost identical to the kookaburra song, and probably was on purpose since the song is a sarcastic dig about australia
 
from listening to both versions it seems that the harmonic structure of both version are completely different. the childrens choirs seems to be sung whilst retaining a major feel, the men at work version seems to use the same melody but over a different chord (minor maybe?) thus creating the difference

imho i cant believe there is a court battle over this, composers have stolen bits and pieces of music for ever! sometimes just by chance it turns out similar or the same etc.... who cares!
 
The topic actually arose out of a question from a music quiz program called Spicks and Specks a couple of years back.

Once someone pointed it out, the copyright owner of the Kookaburra song (they'd purchased the song in relatively recent times, I believe) decided to go the fang on Men At Work.

You could argue that if the copyright owner didn't realise until a quiz show pointed it out, given how absolutely famous Down Under is down under, then really, it's not a rip off, all analysis aside...
 
Some Googling on the news about this issue doesn't shed much light onto things..........the Kookaburra song was written around 1934 for a Girl Guides competition, Larrikin Music Publishing purchased the rights in the '80s from the estate of the late "composer" and apparently a virtually identical Welsh song has been played for the court and it is possible that it may predate the Kookaburra song................the thot plickens:rolleyes:

:cool:
 
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