A new England

[lorcan58]

That's ironic considering Paul Simon was successfully sued over "El Condor Pasa".

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, John Gray <jt.gray@...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> john Gray
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> On 19 May 2012, at 22:32, lorcan58 wrote:
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> > I'm sure most of you already know this but I never realised that Billy Bragg's iconic opening lines:
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> > 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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