Post #234,991
11/18/05 8:24:02 PM
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Remember how they copyrighted "Happy Birthday"?
not too long ago? The mere singing of it on the airwaves constituted the necessity of payment to someone or other. (too lazy to look it up) If memory serves me correctly, I was watching Letterman and they sang it to him or a guest. Paul Schaeffer blithely apologized and said "What the hell!"
Peace, Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #234,993
11/18/05 8:30:28 PM
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Nononono
You got it backwards.
It was copyrighted a LONG time ago.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You|http://en.wikipedia....y_Birthday_to_You]
The lyrics were copyrighted in 1935, 11 years before Patty's death, and the ownership has swapped hands in multi-million dollar deals ever since; the copyright is currently owned by Time Warner (a subsidiary of which bought the rights in 1988) and is scheduled to expire in 2030. It thus follows that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal. It is not completely certain who wrote the lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You."
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Post #234,994
11/18/05 8:34:26 PM
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Linky.
[link|http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp|Snopes]. A great site for debunking (or confirming) urban legends.
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #235,045
11/19/05 1:16:27 AM
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a better birthday song
Happy Birthday by Tom Chapin (on the Moonboat CD) Traditional, Melody is "Mary Widow Waltz" by Franz Lehar
Happy birthday, happy birthday we love you Happy birthday and may all your dreams come true When you blow out the candles one light stays aglow That's the love light in your eyes where e'er you go
for our birthdays we pop in the CD and crank it up... :-) (one more time, for eveyone who has a birthday, this year - t chapin)
Have fun, Carl Forde
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Post #235,061
11/19/05 7:58:26 AM
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I think They Might Be Giants nailed it...
... with [link|http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=12912364&s=143444&i=12912194|Older]. (It's not at the Autralian iTMS. How rude!) You're older than you've ever been and now your even older, and now you're even older, and now you're even older, you're older than you've ever been and now you're even older, and now, you're older, still...
So, not necessarily a birthday song, but heck, I use it as one :-)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #235,114
11/19/05 12:07:18 PM
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And I prefer...
[link|http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/birthday-dirge-faq/|http://www.faqs.org/...rthday-dirge-faq/]
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #235,133
11/19/05 1:48:37 PM
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Thanks Ben, For Another Depends(tm) Moment!
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #235,199
11/20/05 1:38:18 AM
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Each new candle in your cake / Brings you close to your wake
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Post #235,207
11/20/05 3:07:03 AM
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Happy Birth-day - Happy Birth-day
Burning cites in your wake Like the candles on your cake... Happy Birth-day - Happy Birth-day
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning, As hopeless as it seems in the middle, Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #235,379
11/21/05 5:27:12 PM
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Pink Floyd's "Time."
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Post #235,381
11/21/05 5:35:01 PM
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Yahbut - my twisted mind heard this:
THE BIRTHDAY DIRGE tune: "Volga Boatmen" Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!> 1. Now you've aged another year Now you know that Death is near Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!> 2. Children dying far and near Women crying in despair 3. Death, destruction, and despair People dying everywhere 4. Typhoid, plague and polio Coffins lined up in a row 5. Now that you're the age you are Your demise cannot be far
6. Pestilence has struck your town You yourself feel quite run-down 7. Birthdays come but once a year Marking time as Death draws near 8. Long ago your hair turned grey Now it's falling out, they say 9. Burn the castle and storm the keep Kill the women, but save the sheep 10. Indigestion's what you get From the enemies you 'et 11. May the candles on your cake Burn like cities in your wake. 12. They stole your sword, your gold, your house Took your sheep but not your spouse 13. This one lesson you must learn First you pillage, then you burn 14. While you eat your birthday stew We will loot the town for you,
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning, As hopeless as it seems in the middle, Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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