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Robin Thicke s Blurred Lines deemed to be a copy of Marvin Gayes Got To Give Up.

Gaye family awarded $7M, hope they havn't spent the profits

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/m ... arvin-gaye

Heard about this on the radio this morning.

Wonder how many times the legend that is Mr Noel Gallagher has had a letter through the post of similar ilk?

For example, listen to the opening to Cigarettes and Alcohol and compare it to Get It On by T Rex.

Also, She's Electric quotes lines (openly admitted by Noel) from the lyrics to kids 70's tv show, Rainbow !!

The opening piano bit to Don't Look Back In Anger was taken from Imagine by John Lennon.

Many more tracks too he has "borrowed" bits !!

deep purple were plagarists of the highest order, smoke on the water = whats new pussycat!! need i say moore?

Pharrell Williams should have just acknowledged Marvin Gaye's 1978 classic dance track in the first place - it would have saved him $ 7,400,000.

What didnt help is that he told GQ magazine that he would like to write a classic like, say for example
" Got To Give It Up " and then 30 minutes later he had done ! Then he completely muddied the waters by saying it wasnt copied from the Motown legend's material at all and wasn't aware of the track - really ? .

PS - All dance DJs have known the similarities for the last 18 months and have been mixing the two tracks ever since to link from the 70s to the 10s or the other way round.

The very first time I ever heard Blurred Lines I immediately played Marvin Gayes track to see how I could mix them together. It was the easiest mix to do for years.

Its not the vocals that are copied, but the bass rhythm track and cow-bell percussion lines
The only difference is that Marvin Gaye is a timeless legend and Robin Thicke isnt.

It`s not unusual (oops, plagiarism there) to use other people's material:

http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/how-robin-thicke-and-pharrells-lawyer-should-have-handled-things-in-court/

Vanilla Ice
The song's hook samples the bassline of the 1981 song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie,[9] who did not receive credit or royalties for the sample.[10] In a 1990 interview, Van Winkle said the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note, an anacrusis ("pickup") between odd-numbered and subsequent even-numbered iterations of the Under Pressure sample.[11] In later interviews, Van Winkle readily admitted he sampled the song and claimed his 1990 statement was a joke; others, however, suggested he had been serious.[11][12] Van Winkle later paid Queen and Bowie and as a result, Bowie and all members of Queen have since been given songwriting credit for the sample.[11] In December 1990, Van Winkle told Smash Hits magazine where he came up with the idea of sampling "Under Pressure":

halftimeresults wrote: Van Winkle said the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note

Hence, Ripped Van Winkle

buffalo soldier by bob marley
jammin by bob marley

total rippped off each others tune.


also three lions by ??? is a total rip off of 'footballs coming home.'

bits and pieces by the DAVE clarke 5!!

blue suade shoes by carl PERKINS!

Barbara Streisand ripped off by Andy Parrish