The song is ancient now. The story is dated October 21, 2013. People are still thinking about this?
Anyway, thanks for the article. I had no idea that Marvin and Ashford were the only two on his record.
Whatever happened to the good-old days when people just enjoyed borrowing from another, and didn't worry about somebody ripping off somebody else?
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Does anyone ever know what happened with this lawsuit? Wasn't the Gaye Estate going to take Thicke to court? Or was that dropped?
Sorry Marv ~ Stevie Wonder and Jack Ashford have a lot more clout and sway than you!
Robin Thicke's career seems to have stalled and hasn't really built on the huge success of Blurred Lines. Most likely due to getting upstaged by Miley Cyrus at the VMAs last year and the dissolution of his marriage to Paula Patton with the stories he had been cheating on her for years. Poor stage presence and sleazy tabloid tales can damage one's career.
Learn how to read for comprehension and not just to make some kind of quick snarky response. The thread I started was AFTER this one was posted and I started it to further highlight this issue of Robin Thicke" borrowing" from Marvin Gaye. Go listen to an old Diana Ross record and leave this discussion to intelligent people.
Can we get through one thread without people bickering?
Rob and Marv....please cool it.
Thank you, Marv. And I do have to chime in on this thread. Jack is absolutely right. you can't copyright a riff.
I don't know Marv. The rhythm track sounds rather basic to me.
Don't start knocking polkas, Marv.....
We don't wanna piss off "Wierd" Al Yankovic.
If anything the song was the best thing to happen to him and the worst thing to happen to him. He got success and it overwhelmed him and him being accused of stealing royalties from Marvin's family [[not to mention a good chunk of the R&B community thinking he outright ripped MG off) just added to it no matter how many defenses he gets from those who were close to Marvin [[Stevie, Jack, etc.). I was mad last year but that anger has given away to sadness for him. He was never a good live performer either. And also he tried too hard to be hip-hop.
Marv and Soulster,
I was squeezing out polkas on my trusty accordion while you dudes were still in knee pants. These were the days pre-dating Rock And Roll.
Yeah, that's Russ on guitar. Fred Saxon an saxophone.
Are you kidding me, Marv? I must have played those songs a billion times. We played a lot of Italian, Polish, Slavic, you name it affairs, so we were always prepared to give them what they wanted. Polkas! It was a grand day when Rock & Roll made the scene and saved us. I have these images of myself at my age, playing polkas on my accordion, solo, to a disinterested saloon crowd for tips. Thanks to Rock and Roll I can now play the piano, in a saloon, to a disinterested crowd for tips.
Ralph, I guess I don't have to tell ya that market for Polkas is just not what it use to be today! LOL!!!! Rock On Ralph!
Big question: Can you still play the accordion?
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Hey, I wanted to delete one of the pics that seemed to have posted twice, and lost both of them. I'll repost it.
Ahhh... Once again the Mighty Glo-Worms...
Marv,
I do have an accordion, which I rarely play.
Maybe we are a year older here, but I'll bet we're playing a polka.
Not a clue, Marv. Somewhere in Detroit I'm sure.
Snazzy, huh Marv? Yeah, 50's for sure. probably 53 or so.
Maybe Robin Thicke will cut a polka song as his next single?
Man! Parents in general in those days really were concerned about how their kids looked and were represented in public. My father use to dress my brother Robert and me as mini versions of him for church, school and civic funtions LOL! Ralph I can tell your parents were also "il migliore" when it came to their kids!
So much so Marv, that I even had an uncle with the last name Migliore.
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