I'm watching the British television show New Tricks for maybe the sixth time, and every time I see it I wonder how Mike Moran, the man who wrote the theme song got away with such a copy of The Traveling Wilburys song, End of the Line.
I have searched and searched and can't find any controversy about it, though I did find this:
A version sung by Dennis Waterman was used as the theme too for the pilot of another BBC production, New Tricks, although this was soon replaced by a similar-sounding song, "It's All Right", by Mike Moran, which is easily mistaken for End of the Line.
Yet, apparently, there was no brouhaha, no lawsuit, and as I've found, barely a mention.
What do you think?
And after I wrote the above sentence, I went to YouTube and tried to insert the video of both songs, but something has changed. This may be to do with the new Blogger. Anyhow, as with most things in life there is good and bad about it. I can now "share" immediately on a blog post, but I don't seem to be able to insert into a blog post. The only solution I have for right now is to put up both videos in separate posts, and hope you come back here to see why in the world they are there!
How they got away with it was that Mike Moran and George Harrison were old friends. They worked together on the film "Water" which was financed by Harrison's company and the musical director was Mike Moran. You can see them here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVtEGvUV3g
Moran is playing keyboards and can be glimpsed at 2:35 just behind Eric Clapton.
You are a genius!! And I thank you so very much. And I love the music history.
DeleteAh, there's the answer...and just when I was feeling all outraged on behalf of the Traveling Wilburys. I feel better already. :-)
ReplyDeleteI know! I am utterly delighted!! Who needs Facebook and Twitter?! Not me.
DeleteI've been thinking about music and the use of it, especially associated with podcasts, because obviously you can't just attach a piece of music to ones podcast. Not that I have a podcast, but these thoughts wander through ones brain. I haven't blogged for so long that I'm not familiar with all the changes, maybe I should get back to a little posting. Love the flower on your banner photo. Keep well and safe in these crazy times.
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear from you! I haven't been writing nearly as much as I think about writing. I mean to. It does me good. It clears my head. I think there is a lot of concern (don't know if that is quite the right word) about the rights of creative artists, and how to protect their rights now that the internet is in our lives.
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