Hay is not happy. He says the flute line in question was a live “improvisation” that made it onto the official “Down Under” recording a year after the song was written. Read his full statement, including a few other convincing counter-arguments, here.
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I find the similarity very nearly indistinguishable. Silly lawsuit. It’s not even the best or most memorable part of the song.