Its as close as John Butler's ever been to culture

Different enough to get away with it I reckon

post of the year anon!

post of the year anon!

+1

...but not the closest he's ever been to live bacteria.

live bacteria.

That's actually a pretty astute observation of John Butler as a whole actually

greek yogurt with sexual interplay
a crap john butler song
john stamos getting head butted
cringe worthiness

thats a recipe for a great song right there.

i wonder how much off other peoples music has john butler ripped off...

Oikos Greek yoghurt have since responded. see above.

This is gonna set an international standard if they take legal action. Shades of the Men At Work / Kookaburra Sits In An Old Gum Tree saga.

Also, +10000000 points to anon for that gag.

On behalf of my Greek brothers at Oikos, Johnny B can officially get fucked.

Generic riff, adapted by John Butler, then repurposed by a Yoghurt company. It's the cycle of life, surely.

Hippies considering litigation? Kind of goes against the ethos of feral living doesn't it? Live and let live I say.

I hear Walk Off The Earth are preparing to cover this song and have five people eating from the same tub.

i wonder how much off other peoples music has john butler ripped off...

I bet he ripped off these guys.

I hear Walk Off The Earth are preparing to cover this song and have five people eating from the same tub.

two posts of the year in one thread. what are the odds?

Did anon himself plagiarise from Austen Tayshus's 1985 classic 'Lounge Lizard Live'?

''What's the difference between Queensland and yogurt? Yogurt's got an active culture.''

Hmmm... ;-)

steveholt said 1 hour ago:
Hippies considering litigation? Kind of goes against the ethos of feral living doesn't it? Live and let live I say.

You can't trust a hippy.

John Butler will still be rubbing organic yogurt into his vagina

haven't read the article yet, but posting to say I'm firmly going for team Greek Yoghurt. If there's any foam hands / jerseys / team songs I can get my hands on, I'll be set.

If John Butler gets his dreads in a knot over some yoghurt advert ''ripping off'' his song Zebra then he's a bigger douche than I already thought he was.

Firstly, it's such a generic blues riff anyways - and secondly, HE ALREADY BLOODY RIPPED IT OFF JIMI HENDRIX.

great point lozenge. i'd also like to endorse the ''culture'' gag, above.

Lozenge - that's uncanny

if it's an old blues lick then I'm surprised Jimmy Page hasn't already claimed it.

chimpassgimp666 said: post of the year anon!
+2

What about that four-wheel drive ad which blatantly rips-off Ace of Spades?

Firstly, it's such a generic blues riff anyways - and secondly, HE ALREADY BLOODY RIPPED IT OFF JIMI HENDRIX.

+1. I thought he'd ripped it off from Clutch, though. 'Open up the border' sounds like Butler sentiment.

Hippies considering litigation? Kind of goes against the ethos of feral living doesn't it? Live and let live I say.

Fezzas and hippies are the same to the untrained nose. Fezzas eat road kill and smell like wet dog. Hippies package road kill, label it organic, sell it for $39.95/kg, and smell like their parents' money. Butler is a hippy through and through.

either way. someone owns that riff and unless Oikos Yoghurt can find a Traditional public domain song with that riff they are going to have to cough up a publishing fee to whoever proves they wrote it.

If we really hated John Butler, we would take it upon ourselves to find that Traditional song for Team Oikos.

I mean surely there's a Huddy Ledbetter song with that riff in it. there's just gotta be!

anonymous

Its as close as John Butler's ever been to culture.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...either way. someone owns that riff and unless Oikos Yoghurt can find a Traditional public domain song with that riff they are going to have to cough up a publishing fee to whoever proves they wrote it. If we really hated John Butler, we would take it upon ourselves to find that Traditional song for Team Oikos.

If you had to point to an ''owner'' for that generic blues riff that's been recycled a billion times... I'd say it'd be Jimi Hendrix for that song 'Who Knows' that I posted a link above - not because he wrote it but because unlike some anonymous bluesmen, he layed down a track and likely had it copyrighted.

Even Jimi would concede he'd adapted a blues riff to write 'Who Knows' - but that's fine, it's part of the blues tradition to do so. I'm sure Leadbelly played a variation of it - but he too wouldn't claim it his own. All these traditional blues licks came out of the Mississippi Delta by unknowns who passed 'em on - they're for everyone.

right. Lozenge you are officially appointed as Team Yogi's Legal Counsel.

here take this. may the nang be with you.

hands Lozenge a balloon full of nitrous

ABC follows M+N's fine reporting style

Interestingly, they quote Patti Smith. Scoop!

Though I suppose M+N followed Herald Sun's fine reporting style.

mx stole my joke for the their frontpage yesterday.

damn them.

Take 'em to court, anon.

mx stole my joke for the their frontpage yesterday.

one for the resume!

Interestingly, they quote Patti Smith. Scoop!

They quoted Patty Smith, whoever she is

The fuck! I swear to Ouroboros that it was 'Patti', spelt with an 'i', when I first linked it. Damn ABC editors, reading M+N comments and subtly adjusting their typos!

As an aside - does anyone else think John Stamos seems kinda creepy in that yoghurt ad?

The fuck! I swear to Ouroboros that it was 'Patti', spelt with an 'i', when I first linked it. Damn ABC editors, reading M+N comments and subtly adjusting their typos!

its like that thing with that perth pj harvey review.

''All I can say is that John Butler Trio's version is infinitely better,'' said Patty Smith.

I can't understand this quote without reference to graphs. M+N please rectify.

The Grates versus Weet-Bix: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/aw-no-brisbane-band-the-grates-hit-out-over-weet-bix-ad-song/story-e6frfmq9-1226310906136