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A group of former London state school children who sang on Pink Floyd's 1979 classic "Another Brick In The Wall" have lodged a claim for unpaid royalties.
Full Story @ CNN [cnn.com]
Leave those kids alone!
Rowan said the money would come from a music royalties society and not Pink Floyd. He expected the 23 pupils to receive a couple of hundred pounds each.
Royalties expert Peter Rowan told Reuters he was appealing to a music royalties' society on behalf of a former pupil and was working with other members of the class. He said he was still trying to contact the majority of the group.
I did not read where Pink Floyd themselves are being sued.
I did not read where Pink Floyd themselves are being sued
But it sounded juicer that way ;)
That's what I get for scanning instead of reading. Mandatory ten day ban from Foo starting now...
The school was/is in Islington?
Just confirmed that prior claims have been made at least twice since the track was recorded - none succeeded. Reading the story on CNN, it states that one former pupil is now making the claims. No chance unless a landmark ruling is made...
Syzygy
Living in & well connected across Islington...
I wonder how common this kind of thing is?
Isnt a (ex?)member of Pink Floyd slightly nutty? If remember rightly he's living on a council estate in Cherry Hinton near Cambridge a virtual recluse. Could be wrong.
I wonder how common this kind of thing is?
It used to be the norm sadly. Thankfully now most musicians at least get a Union rate, or royalties. I think there's still a little of it going on though. If you imagine yourself as a just starting out musician, and someone asks you to do a few gigs/recording sessions for free, what would you do?
A lot of them do it knowing full-well they're not going to get paid, just for the experience and to get themselves heard. If those records subsequently turn out to be big sellers, inevitably they sue.
Isnt a (ex?)member of Pink Floyd slightly nutty?
Syd Barret. Went completely nuts for a bit (was sectioned if I remember rightly). I think the last track on Dark Side of the Moon ("The Lunatic is on the Grass") was written about him?
I saw an interview with Dave Gilmour a few years back where he said he'd love it if Syd phoned up and asked to be in the band again.
People do recover and get back in the scene. Peter Green came back to music in the late 90's having gone completely off the rails in the 70's.
TJ
Dave once said that "shine on you crazy diamond" was defintely about...
I thought it was written about the scarecrow in "The Wizard of OZ"! There are a bunch wierd coincidences when you sync it up. MGM would have sued them but they probably enjoyed the extra sales of Wizard of Oz films to a suddenly unsaturated demographic.
