AFL - Terrible Ideas, Too Many Ideas, No Idea…

Yep, it sounds like a fascimile of the original. So close as to be completely redundant.

This must have something to do with copyright & royalties (i.e. the AFL reducing their spend by not having to pay rights to someone or other). It’s quite common-place for musicians to re-record their songs in a manner almost identical to the original for use in movies, to avoid paying royalties to the original performers/publishers/record labels etc. and to take back some ownership of their material. Acts like Squeeze or Blondie have recently re-recorded and released their entire catalogue of greatest hits (see below). When played in the background of a movie would you be able to spot the difference?

Chances are the currently used singers/musicians of the updated club songs were given a one-off payment and signed their lives away in perpetuity…

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