ROUNDING THIRD

No, it’s not some Celebrity Death Match gone bad (though I’d certainly put my money on Scrooge McDuck and his nephews totally maneating Daryl Hall and John Oates in the squared circle). It’s the similarities between two of their songs, a la the Coldplay and Joe Satriani plagarism ruckus (CP’s “Viva la Vida” does sound like Joe’s guitar riff, but I think the claims are bogus).

As mentioned previously, it’s been a habit of mine to introduce some of the favorite things of my youth into the lives of my own kids. Most of it’s been met with success, such as Star Wars, Legos, and G.I. Joe (though not so much with the Smurfs). And thanks to youtube, and our VCR–before it finally died of too much use and abuse–I was able to share that centerpiece of the former Disney Animated Afternoon: Duck Tales. I actually watched it well into high school (go ahead, call me a loser) and learned more about economics from the richest duck in the world than I ever did through my macro- and micro-economic courses in college. So I thought I’d introduce the boys to it as well. They couldn’t get enough.

What’s funny, though, was the other day while taking Yahoo #2 to his preschool and flipping through radio stations, Hall & Oates’ “You Make My Dreams Come True–Hoo-Hoo, Hoo, Hoo, Doo doo doo, Hoo-Hoo” (not the official title) came on. And from the back seat I heard, “Daddy! It’s the Duck Tales song!”

You know what? I think he might be on to something. Do we have another copyright controversary? You be the judge: