• Registered: 2008-01-25

Topic: Works question: 'Badesalz - Back for Good' - Take That parody

(Badesalz is a german comedy duo)
At the moment there are four works for 'Back for Good' (Take That/Gary Barlow song).
Three of those are works for parody covers by Badesalz, two of which are related to the original work with the 'parody version' attribute.
Those are comical (as in not too serious) interpretations of the original song.

I'm not sure if all of the above warrants four works. I'd like to merge them into one, but
- I'm not sure where to draw the line between cover and separate work
- there is no parody cover attribute for recording-work relationships
- I only have one of the three 'Badesalz' versions at hand ('leider live'). I expect the other two to be very similar ('Zugabe' meaning encore).

The four works:
Badesalz - Back for Good
Badesalz - Back for Good (Zugabe)
Badesalz - Back for Good (leider live)
Take That (among others) - Back for Good

  • From: Ottawa, Canada
  • Registered: 2009-07-10

Re: Works question: 'Badesalz - Back for Good' - Take That parody

If the Badesalz version of this song has new or altered lyrics, then it really should be a separate work from the original song. In this case, you should probably have two works:

Back for Good (Badesalz parody version)
Back for Good by Take That, etc.

linked with the parody version relationship. (Merging the three existing works for the parody version of Back for Good should do this correctly.)

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3 Reply by soulsearchingsun (edited by soulsearchingsun 2012-02-25 22:09:10)

  • Registered: 2008-01-25

Re: Works question: 'Badesalz - Back for Good' - Take That parody

The lyrics are for what I know the same (slightly shortened). It's the performance that makes these a parody. I'm assuming it should be one work then, no matter how unserious the performance is?

  • From: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Registered: 2006-11-19

Re: Works question: 'Badesalz - Back for Good' - Take That parody

Based on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RicdFd8xOY
I say you're right, merge them.