Romeo & Juliet on The Voice Australia

[foma]

 

[Dutchessy]

Great! Nice to hear!

[Pottel]

i thought mark never gave permission for shows like this?

[foma]

I've asked Guy about this. But I think he actually gaved permission just because this guy is 56 :-D

[twm]

I was under the impression that, once a song is published, anyone can sing it, as long as the royalty is paid and as long as there are no substantial alterations.  I'm sure "Mr Bob" doesn't have to give permission every time a song of his is covered by another performer. And I'm sure Mr Bob doesn't have to seek or get permission every time he covers somebody else's song.

However, if a song is used for some other commercial purpose (such as being used in a radio, TV or cinema advertisement) or for some similar purpose (in a political rally, political advertisement or party political broadcast, for example), I believe that the situation is different. In these cases, the song is being used to "sell" a product, service or some other particular message and the composer would be able to veto its use. If a particular recording  of the song is being used, I'm not sure if the singer can stop its use.

Can anyone enlighten us?

[LoveExpresso]

Well, nobody ever never will be allowed to say that MK can't sing!!! 

LE

[dmg]

I was under the impression that, once a song is published, anyone can sing it, as long as the royalty is paid and as long as there are no substantial alterations.  I'm sure "Mr Bob" doesn't have to give permission every time a song of his is covered by another performer. And I'm sure Mr Bob doesn't have to seek or get permission every time he covers somebody else's song.

However, if a song is used for some other commercial purpose (such as being used in a radio, TV or cinema advertisement) or for some similar purpose (in a political rally, political advertisement or party political broadcast, for example), I believe that the situation is different. In these cases, the song is being used to "sell" a product, service or some other particular message and the composer would be able to veto its use. If a particular recording  of the song is being used, I'm not sure if the singer can stop its use.

Can anyone enlighten us?

I think you are correct twm.  There was a case about 10 years ago where founder members of The Doors fell out over the use of one of their songs being used in a car commercial. 

Cadillac offered up a multi-million deal that Krieger and Manzarek wanted to accept but that Densmore was against, calling on an agreement the band had made when Jim Morrison was alive to never use their music in any commercial.

So it seems that ads need permission.  Anyone recall the T-Mobile one with MFN?

[foma]

He we can understand that Guy leaved the question without an answer?

[xxFordiexx]

Lol..... and the reason Will mentioned Sting was for what exactly? numpty.... lol. R&J is used quite a bit in these types of shows, not so long ago there were a couple of people singing it on Xfactor Australia.

I'll say it's great for people to cover one of Knopfler's finest but jeez I wish they were even close to his version. I'm a stickler for the chords being played correctly on R&J. Open G with Capo EVERY TIME. (btw, I'm clearly not complaining about this version)

[dmg]

Strange that he said his wife wanted him to sing it because it was their wedding song.  Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and they played it at their wedding!  When are they getting a divorce? 

[Throttle]

Strange that he said his wife wanted him to sing it because it was their wedding song.  Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and they played it at their wedding! 

Why not? 

When it comes to the song, it includes an everlasting plot: a good boy loves a bad girl.
That works just as well in reverse order too   
So who knows what kind of thoughts his wife kept to herself... 

[sweetsurrender]

I couldn't stand the singing and the voice. It was horrible for me !

[dmg]

Lol..... and the reason Will mentioned Sting was for what exactly? numpty.... lol.

Yeah, did he really think it was a Sting number?  Find that hard to believe.

[xxFordiexx]

Lol..... and the reason Will mentioned Sting was for what exactly? numpty.... lol.

Yeah, did he really think it was a Sting number?  Find that hard to believe.

lol, I'd have corrected him if i was the performer . I'm  not really sure, perhaps he just thinks all geordies are the same people

[MusicGirl1]

In one way, nice to hear a favorite song of mine being performed. In another way, I'm not a big fan of all these talentshows (including The voice, which is a dutch-made tv format).

I'm not a fan of these shows, because very often, people who actually have a great deal of musical talent, but who are not so easy to market/sell, loose out to people who lack musical talent, but who do have the looks (read: are easier to sell/market)........

Oh and here in The Netherlands, it happens often enough, that winners of The voice of Holland become a big hype for a short time, but after say about a year, they are almost forgotten....

Maaike