200 Musicians Support Blurred Lines Appeal

[marv2]

"The musicians said the ruling could have "adverse impact on their own creativity, on the creativity of future artists, and on the music industry in general."

This really angers me as what creativity is involved when one steals product from someone else? If I was to repaint the Mona Lisa and add a cat sitting on her lap, the only creativity I can see is I added my 2 cents to a masterpiece. Does it make it mine? No! All too often, today's artists take something, try to make it their own and then complain when someone says, "Hey, you borrowed that from put artist name here." If these 200 artists are so concerned about their creativity then go and be creative and create something new and see if people like it. It is too easy to take something that had success, tweek it a bit knowing that young people will not know the original artist and call it your own. When I first heard the Ed Sheeran song, I heard "Let's Get it On".

Many new artists complain that it is a natural chord progression that can cause the similarity in sound and I understand that but when they add the same percussion and in Blurred Lines case the same Owwws and Ohhs that Marvin used, then what? Where is the line drawn between creativity and stealing?

Right on Satipe!!!

[bradsupremes]

What Robin Thicke and Pharrell stole was the style of "Got To Give It Up." Style and arrangement are the same, not doubt. They, however, did not steal the song. If you played "Blurred Lines" and "Got To Give It Up" back to back on a piano you would realize they sound nothing alike. The melodies, the chords don't match up.

[marv2]

What Robin Thicke and Pharrell stole was the style of "Got To Give It Up." Style and arrangement are the same, not doubt. They, however, did not steal the song. If you played "Blurred Lines" and "Got To Give It Up" back to back on a piano you would realize they sound nothing alike. The melodies, the chords don't match up.

That may be true Brad, but upon hearing "Blurred Lines" it sounds like "Got to Give It Up" and with Robin Thicke's "habit" of heavily "borrowing" from Marvin Gaye's recordings and style in the past, it is very difficult to think he and Pharrell are innocent of infringement.

[detmotownguy]

That may be true Brad, but upon hearing "Blurred Lines" it sounds like "Got to Give It Up" and with Robin Thicke's "habit" of heavily "borrowing" from Marvin Gaye's recordings and style in the past, it is very difficult to think he and Pharrell are innocent of infringement.

Guilty period. Why not just pay for the right right to record the song? Oh $$$$.

[marv2]

Guilty period. Why not just pay for the right right to record the song? Oh $$$$.

I believe it is due to vanity and ego. They want to be perceived as creative "artist" when in reality, they do not possess a fraction of the talent of a Marvin Gaye.

[soulster]

What Robin Thicke and Pharrell stole was the style of "Got To Give It Up." Style and arrangement are the same, not doubt. They, however, did not steal the song. If you played "Blurred Lines" and "Got To Give It Up" back to back on a piano you would realize they sound nothing alike. The melodies, the chords don't match up.

You cannot steal a style.