Again this is stupid. Please show exactly where in the song [[melody and chord structure ONLY) was copied from "Let's Get It On." If one of you say "listen to the bass, tempo, rhythm track, the feeling, etc." you have no argument with any merit.
Again this is stupid. Please show exactly where in the song [[melody and chord structure ONLY) was copied from "Let's Get It On." If one of you say "listen to the bass, tempo, rhythm track, the feeling, etc." you have no argument with any merit.
Last edited by bradsupremes; 01-04-2019 at 02:31 PM.
Anybody who listens to "Thinking Out Loud" knows it cribs the hell out of "Let's Get It On". Even with changes in chord structure. For the record, I like both songs.
But you never know how these things will turn out. If Tom Petty beat Sam Smith over "Stay With Me" sounding like "I Won't Back Down" and Phil Spector beat George Harrison over "He's So Fine" and "My Sweet Lord" [[both of which I thought were generous jury verdicts), I can see the Gayes winning this.
I'm still wondering how Chris Stapleton absolutely stole the music for his "Tennessee Whiskey" cover from Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" without attribution to Billy Foster & Ellington Jordan. Surprised that hasn't been in court yet.
It may someday come to court. These guys need to stop stealing and come up with their own stuff! How stupid is it to steal from extremely well known classic material and think you'll get away with it. I don't find people that do this talented or honest at all! They make all the money can off of someone else creation and give no credit to the originator whatsoever!
I have yet to be provided with specific examples in "Thinking Out Loud" and "Blurred Lines" that were direct, note-for-note, same chord structure copies from the two Marvin Gaye songs...
That's because there aren't any. But, as I said earlier, the chord progression in the former is pretty much the same as Let's Get It On with one exception. The rhythmic movement of the backing music is similar too. Considering his live performances of the song often incorporating Let's Get It On, you've got a pretty strong case for a lawsuit.
Robin and Pharrell got done for stealing a vibe. That's a precedent, and a very dangerous one. But I can tell you why Robin and Pharrell lost the Blurred Lines case. From what I read about the case at the time, both came across as arrogrant in their testimonies. Not something that's going to endear you to a dury.
As a slight aside, Ed Sheeran has become a very derivative songwriter. Pretty easy to reference the songs he's nicking.
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.
Ed Sheeran's song/video has over 2 billion views. This should be taken into account when they get to the award/settlement phase.
Some interesting facts here as it relates to Ed Sheeran:
Comparisons between songs
Mr Townsend's family were looking forward to the case being heard in court, their lawyer Pat Frank told Reuters.
They say that Sheeran and the record companies "copied the heart of Let's and repeated it continuously throughout Thinking", according to court papers filed in 2016.
In 2017 Sheeran settled a $20m copyright infringement claim against him in the US, over his hit song Photograph.
Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington had sued the singer in 2016, claiming his hit ballad had a similar structure to their song Amazing.
Also in 2017, the team behind TLC's 1999 single No Scrubs were given writing credits on Ed Sheeran's Shape of You. It came after critics and fans made comparisons between elements of the songs.
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