[peel] A new England

[Mike Parker]

i wonder if the wedding present[nice bloke, shame about the songs] were guilty of shamefull plagarism also; if so i think we need to be told.


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 From: John Gray <jt.gray@...>
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Sent: Sunday, 20 May 2012, 9:41
Subject: Re: [peel] A new England
 

  
I remember hearing him explain once how he thought they were great opening lines for a song, and didn't think anyone would mind if he used them - then he got a letter from Paul Simon's lawyers!  He didn't say how things were resolved though.

john Gray



On 19 May 2012, at 22:32, lorcan58 wrote:

  
>I'm sure most of you already know this but I never realised that Billy Bragg's iconic opening lines:
>
>I was 21 years when I wrote this song
>22 now but I won't be for long
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>were actually lifted from a 1967 Simon & Garfunkel song "The Leaves That Are Green". You can listen to the original here:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTMPyLP5YM
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>Mind you, I always wondered how he aged a year between the first and second lines...
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>Lorcan
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