Asking, because I heard that again recently and I can't think of one since.
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Was "Down Under" by Men at Work the last UK number one to feature a flute solo?
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As an aside, the flute riff on Down Under was a lift of a traditional Aussi song called Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree. Greg Ham, the flautist, believed it to be in the public domain when he used it. In 2010 (thirty years after it was a hit) the band was sued for copyright infringement and lost. Ham's death at 59 was believed to be in part due to the stress of the lawsuit and his despondency over being known as a plagiarist. He'd been using heroin, which apparently escalated in the lead up to the trial.
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Originally posted by WOM View PostAs an aside, the flute riff on Down Under was a lift of a traditional Aussi song called Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree. Greg Ham, the flautist, believed it to be in the public domain when he used it. In 2010 (thirty years after it was a hit) the band was sued for copyright infringement and lost. Ham's death at 59 was believed to be in part due to the stress of the lawsuit and his despondency over being known as a plagiarist. He'd been using heroin, which apparently escalated in the lead up to the trial.
It's a cracking tune btw.
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Originally posted by WOM View PostAs an aside, the flute riff on Down Under was a lift of a traditional Aussi song called Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree. Greg Ham, the flautist, believed it to be in the public domain when he used it. In 2010 (thirty years after it was a hit) the band was sued for copyright infringement and lost. Ham's death at 59 was believed to be in part due to the stress of the lawsuit and his despondency over being known as a plagiarist. He'd been using heroin, which apparently escalated in the lead up to the trial.
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Originally posted by diggedy derek View PostWhat was the solo on Cliff Richard's “Saviour's Day” from 1990 – a flute, maybe?
"the [flute] played by Jamie Talbot, the fine jazz saxophonist who once soloed on Scritti’s A Slow Soul"Last edited by caja-dglh; 19-01-2024, 22:50.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostProbably, unless Jethro Tull, or Traffic had one. (The latter would probably before MaW in any case)
I’m not sufficiently au fait with enough chart-toppers since 2010 (and have little desire to be, tbh), so couldn’t really answer otherwise.
I will agree with G-Man on Sick and Tired, however - by a lightyear The Cardigans’s finest moment and one of my favourite singles from the musically-transcendent year of 1995.
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