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New 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
New 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."
New Linky.
[link|http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp|Snopes]. A great site for debunking (or confirming) urban legends.

Cheers,
Scott.
New 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
New 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.
New 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)
New Thanks Ben, For Another Depends(tm) Moment!


"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
New Each new candle in your cake / Brings you close to your wake
New Happy Birth-day - Happy Birth-day
Burning cites in your wake
Like the candles on your cake...
Happy Birth-day - Happy Birth-day
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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.


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.
 
 
New Pink Floyd's "Time."
New 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.


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.
 
 
     Madonna is a pirate - (scoenye) - (24)
         Doesn't sound like much of a pirate - (SpiceWare) - (23)
             Vanilla Ice Sings The Dings. - (Yendor) - (1)
                 Must be part of why the RIAA doesn't comprehend fair use -NT - (SpiceWare)
             That's a whole hook - (tuberculosis) - (20)
                 IMNAM - (jbrabeck) - (7)
                     IWAM - (Yendor)
                     AKA a Measure. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                         So then using 4 notes to the bar - (jbrabeck) - (2)
                             Yeah. Lawyers. -NT - (imric)
                             4 beats - not notes - (tuberculosis)
                     A small division within the music of a useful size. - (static) - (1)
                         But not entirely arbitrary - (ben_tilly)
                 Yup, think Beethoven 5th: dot_dot_dot_dash; or old NBC triad - (Ashton)
                 Remember how they copyrighted "Happy Birthday"? - (imqwerky) - (10)
                     Nononono - (broomberg)
                     Linky. - (Another Scott)
                     a better birthday song - (cforde) - (7)
                         I think They Might Be Giants nailed it... - (Meerkat) - (6)
                             And I prefer... - (ben_tilly) - (5)
                                 Thanks Ben, For Another Depends(tm) Moment! - (imqwerky)
                                 Each new candle in your cake / Brings you close to your wake -NT - (dws) - (3)
                                     Happy Birth-day - Happy Birth-day - (imric) - (2)
                                         Pink Floyd's "Time." -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1)
                                             Yahbut - my twisted mind heard this: - (imric)

What a cruddy, unimaginative anti-climax.
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