Pharrell/Thicke vs Gaye

[Leon Tricker]

Pharrell/Thicke vs Gaye

There are loads of examples from The Fall and Oasis, of course.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Pharrell/Thicke vs Gaye

Someone on another thread pointed to Lies, by the Knickerbockers.

If that was released today, Apple Corps would no doubt sue.

[Satchmo Distel]

Motown could sometimes borrow from other sources. To my ears, for example, "I'll Be There", by the Jackson 5, written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West, and Willie Hutch, has some similarities in melody with the chorus of "Let It Be Me", originally a French tune from 1955, as covered here by Nina Simone in a duet with her brother:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl30...l30pwnOv58&t=1

Everly Brothers version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvA-STM7oJk

French original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBnFkQLi9M

[Jah Womble]

I heard Stay by Shakespears Sister yesterday for the first time in at least two decades. The verse is basically The First Noel - which had never occurred to me before.

(Had no idea what to do with that not-terribly-important bit of information, so dug this thread out.)

[Satchmo Distel]

A clear case of musical appropriation:

Country Joe and the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRl6-bHlz-4

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Muskrat Ramble (written by Kid Ory): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS5GKIAsyik

Kid Ory's estate sued Country Joe in 2001 but the case was thrown out as it was filed too many years after the plagiarism occurred.

Armstrong did a belting version later in his career (Munich 1962), which is fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vpuFYQwZ5o

[MsD]

I heard Stay by Shakespears Sister yesterday for the first time in at least two decades. The verse is basically The First Noel - which had never occurred to me before.

(Had no idea what to do with that not-terribly-important bit of information, so dug this thread out.)

Siobhan says it’s “She Loves You”, slowed down.

[Jah Womble]

Now you mention it, it is, isn’t it?

A combination of both, perhaps.

[White No Sugar]

Pharrell/Thicke vs Gaye

I don't think Tom Petty travels well beyond US shores.

I don't listen to him all the time, but on a long road trip? Tom Petty's Greatest Hits is like the best stuff you've ever heard. I don't know why, it just really clicks when you're in the car for long distances.

Maybe that’s where Cummings has gotten his inspiration from?

[White No Sugar]

The Motors “Forget About You” V The Grandstand Theme Tune still shocks me now.

[Jah Womble]

Maybe that’s where Cummings has gotten his inspiration from?

I Won't Back Down and Don't Come Around Here No More strangely off the playlist.

[pebblethefish]

The Motors “Forget About You” V The Grandstand Theme Tune still shocks me now.

Oddly I heard Forget About You for the first time only last week, and the Grandstandiness was blatantly obvious, so the point that I figured that the Motors must have written the TV theme, and then released the song as well to cash in.

[Jah Womble]

Well, it's just that extended opening burst, really.

Both tunes go their separate ways for a while thereafter. (Before meeting up again, obviously.)