With All These Birthdays....

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
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Think before you sing >

Break'in the law Break'in the law.... :lol:

Did you know Happy Birthday is copyrighted and the copyright is currently owned and actively enforced by Time Warner?

Did you know that if you sing any copyrighted song:
...at a place open to the public
...or among a substantial number of people who are not family or friends
You are involved in a public performance of that work?

Did you know an unauthorized public performance is a form of copyright infringement?

http://www.unhappybirthday.com/
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He's right, you know:

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp
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good. it might stop crowds of pissed females singing it in pubs and restaurants.
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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emilystrange wrote:good. it might stop crowds of pissed females singing it in pubs and restaurants.

Good point.
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That's a big problem, is it?
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Well, I don't like it. I'm going to sell my birthday - that'll show em!
Probably.
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There is an upside, tho.

Most of the time, people singing this song are either so pissed or so tone-deaf, they sing totally different notes and chords.

Then, the lyrics are not the same, so it is only an adaptation. Also, being pissed and a heavy accent tend to make the words sound totally different, sometimes making them sound likes different words altogether...

Since the lyrics are so short, you cannot see this as 'quoting' from a known song. You at least need 12 consecutive words OR a well-known patented phrase before you violate copyright laws on written texts (writers, help me out here! Mr. Robertson :?:).

THUS:

Singing:

Happy Boytoy to ewe x3,
Happy Boytoy dear IZZZYYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAARRRGHHHHHH!
Happy Boytoy to eeeewwwwwww!

totally off-key, is NOT copright infringement.

Sing on! ;D

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and then the people alright, i'm so freakin drunk with madness i can hear the calls of alphabet in the tye dye of the 8-s f**k these mega lo maniacs with their try calls and their prive i am the man who can sell you what you can try and do tofr the rest of your life her i am with the monkey in y=my hand and you're in the drugged up universe of an 8-s superhero haha i used to think that the madman in hg wells was a drunk scottish man you know what i mean? you know wha ti mean. so, as I wasy saying, the way to a mans heart is through his dildo and then around the back into what is called i dunno and then you vcaal i'm not really goig to post this am I i'm so freakin drunk i acan here the ambulance call of a thousance heroin addicts in the back of ehat is called the end of the world threethought threethought and everything but this is the end, my only tfriend
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote: THUS:

Singing:

Happy Boytoy to ewe x3,
Happy Boytoy dear IZZZYYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAARRRGHHHHHH!
Happy Boytoy to eeeewwwwwww!

totally off-key, is NOT copright infringement.

Sing on! ;D

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Interesting rendition Mr. Boytoy. :lol:
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nick the stripper wrote:and then the people alright, i'm so freakin drunk with madness...etc.
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WTF was nts on/on about?
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timsinister wrote:
nick the stripper wrote:and then the people alright, i'm so freakin drunk with madness...etc.
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Or the lack thereof ;D

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James Blast wrote:WTF was nts on/on about?
Wabbits.

Yellow ones most likely.

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James Blast wrote:WTF was nts on/on about?
Nick seemed to suffer form a momentary laps of reason and or consciousness. :?

my hand went blind
you were in the veins clairvoyant
my hand went blind
i make love to my trance sister my trance sister
went on and my trance parents see from the balcony
I looked out on the big field
it opens like the cover of an old bible
And out come the wolves
their paws trampling in the snow the alphabet
I stand on my head and watch it all go away
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James Blast wrote:WTF was nts on/on about?
I dunno, but I think I want them as lyrics.
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James Blast wrote:WTF was nts on/on about?
I dunno, but I think I want them as lyrics.
But then you must call your band The Mega Lo Maniacs :P
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Sounds like a Mexican Nephilim. :lol:
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