See Hear Podcast episode 31 - Interview with Harry Hayes,director of You Better Take Cover - a podcast by Bernard Stickwell, Tim Merrill, Maurice Bursztynski

Welcome to episode 31 of See Hear podcast. 


In a first for the show, Bernie, Tim andMaurice 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 winningdocumentary 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 eventsinvolving an Australian team. 


The story of the song's rise to fame wouldhave 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 aninnocent 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 ultimatelytragic consequences. 


The crew ask Harry about what prompted him toput 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 fromone sing in another - why does the legal fraternity interpret homage as
plagiarism? Is their profession equipped to understand the difference? Were thepublishers 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 traileror find out other information about the film, you can go to http://youbettertakecover.com/


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