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Kookaburra not gay

Men at Work and Kookaburra
Sep 2, 2010 Updated Sep 3, 2010

Classic Aussie kid's song 'Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree' continues to court controversy.

Fresh from the legal stoush surrounding the Men At Work song 'Down Under', this time it's the song's lyrics that are causing a kerfuffle.
 
Garry Martin, principal of Cheltenham's Lepage Primary School in Victoria has taken it upon himself to change the line "Gay your life must be" replacing the word "gay" with "fun".

Norman Laurie, MD of Larrikin Records, which owns the rights to the song, claimed that although the change was technically a copyright breach, he wouldn't be taking any action.

Source: News.com.au external link

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Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States. They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom. The group won the 1983 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

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