Quote Originally Posted by marv2 View Post
Ed Sheeran's song sounds almost just like Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On". When I first heard it a year ago, that was the first thought I had. Same thing happened when I heard "Blurred Lines" initially.
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.