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Post by rick on Jan 5, 2019 16:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jan 5, 2019 19:35:07 GMT -5
I think there may be some superficial similarities; whether that's enough for Marvin's estate to win a plagiarism case here is another thing.
But at least Sheeran isn't doing something as criminally dumb as what Robin Thicke did back in 2013 when he pre-emptively sued Gaye's estate because he got caught ripping the riff of "Got To Give It Up" for his hit "Blurred Lines".
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 6, 2019 1:18:55 GMT -5
How the heck do Hip Hop and Rap artists get away with wholesale ripoffs of songs? I rarely read anything about lawsuits against them.
For instance:
The Stylistics People Make The World Go Round
Blackalicious - Swan lake
I must be missing something so hopefully someone who knows more about this stuff than me can explain.
Frankly though, I love the hip hop versions as much as the Stylistics and then some. There is some great hip hop music.
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Post by rick on Jan 6, 2019 4:30:36 GMT -5
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I think "sampling" is different, say, when Janet Jackson samples "Big Yellow Taxi" in one of her songs, and there is credit given where credit is due. I believe "Uptown Funk" samples from Diana Ross "Upside Down," or, at the very least, I have heard a mash-up of the two. As for something like George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and "He's So Fine," I really don't believe that George Harrison intentionally did that. Sometimes songs are like earworms and a songwriter might not be aware that they are riffing on an earlier tune. As for Ed Sheeran, I found this interesting.... from The Motown Forum, someone named "JM27" posted the following: " Actually, in the eyes of the law, it is an argument with merit, thanks to the ridiculous Blurred Lines decision, which saw Thicke and Pharrell losing for appropriating the feel of Got To Give It Up.
And there are closer musical similarities between Thinking Out Loud and Let's Get It On. It's clearly a nod to the Gaye song, but with an alteration of the 2nd chord in the chord progression.
Ed was also often performing Thinking Out Loud and seguing into Let's Get It On. That's how this lawsuit has come about. He effectively acknowledged its influence on his song. A stupid move. "
Here is what Wikipedia says about sampling -- Wikipedia definition of "sampling" |
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 7, 2019 3:32:07 GMT -5
Ed is probably kicking himself for that one.
I have often found myself singing a song and then go into another song because the melodies easily bleed together. It's better to bleed separately.
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