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Copy Borrow Steal Vol. 3

Posted in Copy Borrow Steal, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 13, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Did the Beatles borrow from a 1956 jazz hit before their song was shamelessly copied by a 1990s alternative group? How did Rod Stewart get around a plagiarism lawsuit? Does Seal’s mega-hit Kiss From A Rose borrow from Natalie Cole? Did Keith Richards and Mick Jagger really never hear k.d. lang’s Constant Craving? Why am [...]

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Copy Borrow Steal: Beatles edition

Posted in Beatles, Copy Borrow Steal, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2009 | 10 Comments »

In this series, of which this is the second instalment, I am to a large extent guided by Tim English’ fine book Sounds Like Teen Spirit (website and buy), which inspired it in the first place. It must be stressed that I am not necessarily imputing unethical behaviour on part of those who created music [...]

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Copy, borrow, steal: Rikki’s number & Sibelius’ swans

Posted in Copy Borrow Steal, tagged , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 12 Comments »

Few things at once delight and annoy the music fan as much as spotting a melody, a riff or a lyric lifted from another song. The delight resides in the act of knowing; the more obscure the source, the greater the pleasure. The irritation rests in the suspicion that an artist we admire has committed [...]

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