evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (07/22/85)
Who remembers the song Steal Away, by Robbie Dupree. (A one hit wonder,
I believe) Anyway, I heard on the radio last night, that he was sued by
Michael McDonald and the Doobie Bros for sounding too much like them.
After listening to the song with that in mind, I agree. The Doobies had
a good solid case, but I don't know about the legal ramifications of
mimicking a group's individual sound.
Listen to the song sometime and see. it's pretty remarkable.
Anyway, the dj said that they went to court over it. He said he never
heard the result of the case and wondered if anyone else had. Nobody called,
so i guess not. Anybody know anything?
--Evan Marcus
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It's gone, and you can tell that one goodbye.dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc) (07/23/85)
It's not just a minor ripoff, either. 'Steal Away', come to think
of it, is practically a note-for-note ripoff of 'What A Fool Believes'.
I suppose that Michael Jackson will be next, suing that little kid
(DeBarge? The New Edition??) over his first record, which is note-for-note
a rewrite of 'ABC.'
There was also a song around 1972-1974 (winter, I think) which goes
(oops) says something about a little kid (Jelly Roll's Soul in little white
shoes/bvbvbvbbvbvb about my rock and roll baby/...) and something about
being "born in a theatre/in Bluefield, West Virginia/) which struck me as
a flagrant theft of the Carole King song which goes "Sometimes you win,
sometime you lose", probably from "Tapestry." Then again, Carole King, being
the underwriter for a bunch of music, probably leased them the tune??
One of you guys out there is missing out. . .why not take a Cray X-MP
and generate a statistical database of what results in a popular song,
complete with DFT's... hell, the CRT and their ilk can't even keep their
own house straight, let alone, prosecute plaigars!
dyarlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (07/24/85)
> Who remembers the song Steal Away, by Robbie Dupree. (A one hit wonder, > I believe) Anyway, I heard on the radio last night, that he was sued by > Michael McDonald and the Doobie Bros for sounding too much like them. > After listening to the song with that in mind, I agree. The Doobies had > a good solid case, but I don't know about the legal ramifications of > mimicking a group's individual sound. > > Listen to the song sometime and see. it's pretty remarkable. [EVAN] I had mentioned it in my long article on musicians who plagiarize, in the same breath as Corey Hart's stealing the repeeto-note sequencerism from "Sweet Dreams" for use in "Sunglasses at Night". Nice to see I wasn't alone in recognizing that. Appropriate song title "Steal Away", no? Was there any information on the outcome of the trial? -- "There! I've run rings 'round you logically!" "Oh, intercourse the penguin!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr
jow@unccvax.UUCP (Jim Wiley) (07/24/85)
Correction - Its not 'houses of the holy' by Led Zep but 'Custart Pie' where the music sounds the same as 'Mickeys Monkey' by Mothers Finest. sorry about the mistake but I really don't pay much attention to the song titles, I just know what I like. And I prefer the sound of Mickeys Monkey to Custard Pie because it doesn't have the life produced out of it. So there. jow (Jim Wiley)
krossen@bbncca.ARPA (Ken Rossen) (07/25/85)
In article <239@unccvax.UUCP> dya at Dataspan Inc (dsi@unccvax.UUCP) writes: > ... a flagrant theft of the Carole King song which goes "Sometimes you > win, sometime you lose", probably from "Tapestry." Then again, Carole > King, being the underwriter for a bunch of music, probably leased them > the tune?? This is "Sweet Seasons" from the album "Music," not from "Tapestry." -- Kenr ...!{decvax,ihnp4,ima,linus,harvard}!bbncca!krossen
gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (08/17/85)
The song "Candy Girl" by the group you refer to, New Edition, is
supposed to be a Jackson Five sound-alike. New Edition revealed in an
interview that it was their intent to sound like the Jackson Five. In
addition, Michael Jackson was flattered that New Edition was trying to
bring back the old Jackson Five sound.
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