Lady Antebellum’s CMA Single Rips Off Alan Parsons?
After the 2010 CMA’s some wanted to hang a “Mission Accomplished” banner for saving country music because folks like Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert walked away with big awards while the usual cast of pop country performers got the razz. Little they know this is all theater to keep us purists from not getting to restless, and setting up Taylor Swift to sweep the awards in 2011. Right it down and remember it: Taylor Swift will sweep the 2011 CMA Awards. (The Triggerman 11-16-2010 8:20 PM CST)
But the one chink in the “Nashville returns to sanity” armor was the Single of the Year win for the highly emasculated Lady Antebellum and their dumb song “Need You Now.” What they might need now is a good lawyer, as members of the Alan Parson’s Project posse are pissed off, claiming that the chorus of the song is a clear ripoff of the creepy “Eye In The Sky.”
Here’s a statement from an affiliation of the Alan Parson’s camp, cut and pasted from Nashville Cream:
Alan Parsons has been nominated 11 times by the Grammy Committee throughout his 35 year career. He also engineered Pink Floyd, Dark Side of The Moon, as well as the Hollies, Oh Ho Ho it’s Magic by Pilot, Al Stewart and countless other artists. He even became boss of Abbey Road Studios in London.Our fans are reaching out to us by the hundreds telling us how Need you Now by Lady Antebellum is one of those “lazy rip offs” of Eye in The Sky by The Alan Parsons Project.
Here’s a mashup that illustrates the point:
Ripping off songs might be business as usual for Music Row; Gretchen Wilson was caught red handed ripping off The Black Crowes earlier this year. But never has it been for a song sporting a CMA award. If anything, the accusation proves what I’ve been saying for years: radio country these days is nothing more than rehashed classic rock.
We will keep our “Eye In The Sky” (tee hee hee) on this story and let you know what happens.
November 16, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
Oh man, are they really even both in the same key? No self-respect. That mash up is funny shit!
November 16, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
Same key, and even the tempo is exactly the same.
November 18, 2010 @ 3:37 pm
I would imagine that the key and tempo were digitally altered to be exactly the same by the person who did the mashup.
November 18, 2010 @ 6:16 pm
They were not. It was a side by side, unaltered mashup. That is the point.
November 18, 2010 @ 11:37 pm
Well screw me, I stand corrected.
They did alter the song in the mashup. But to be fair, the accusation is Lady A altered the song too, or whoever wrote this garbage, to throw people off the scent, which would mean at the same time they were admitting to their misdeed instead of doing so unknowingly or subconsciously. Also the mashup was made very recently to help easily illustrate a point Parson’s fans have been making for many months, that the song was a ripoff. The mashup is not the foundation of their argument, only an illustration of their point conveyed in an easy to understand manner.
But admittedly, the argument feels a little more thin, on the plagiarism front. This song is still god awful, unworthy of any award or even being called country, and woefully unoriginal.
And after spending the last 45 minutes listening to both of these terrible songs way to many times, and reading the even worse comments of their competing fan bases, I hope this whole thing descends into a protracted legal battle that distracts both Lady A and Alan Parsons from ever making another song of this ilk, ever.
November 16, 2010 @ 11:02 pm
Is it that they don’t think people will notice? Or is it that they just don’t give a flying fuck? I’m going with the latter.
November 17, 2010 @ 3:51 am
I don’t give a damn about Lady A. or Alan Parsons. And I hate artists who sue others for copyright stuff. It’s embarrassing. Not only do I think it’s ok to rip off other people’s songs, I also think that, even in this case, it could just be a damned coincidence. It’s not like this is some weird shit nobody else could come up with in a hundred years.
November 17, 2010 @ 7:58 am
Look. If this was The Beastie Boys or Jay Z ripping a cut from a song, or someone clearly taking the beat of a song that they like and using it in theirs, then I agree, people should not get up in arms over this as much as they do, as long as what is happening is out in the open. In this case, it was not, and this song was chosen out of every other country music single released this year as the best one. Even if it wasn’t purposely ripped off, I think it is an excellent illustration that the stuff coming out of Music Row is heroically unoriginal, and thus, its worthy of pointing out.
I give a pass when artists admit they loved such and such song, and that is what inspired their element, or where they took that element from. But with Gretchen Wilson and Lady A, they take without permission first, deny second, and ask for forgiveness later when proven wrong. Not cool.
November 17, 2010 @ 8:22 am
Don’t get me wrong, of course I see your point and you’re right as usual. When it comes to sueing each other over copyrights I tend to think folks are showing their true colors – that they’re in their for the money and probably their ego. It’s embarrassing for Lady Antebellum and Music Row. And if the rich fucker Alan Parsons is going to sue it’s embarrassing for him, too. I’m glad I’m not a fan of either!
November 17, 2010 @ 11:06 am
I see what you’re saying man. It would be cool to see an artist be the bigger man for once and laugh it off. The US certainly has a culture where everybody sues everybody for any reason, and it has caused everyone to have to be on guard at all times for even the pettiest of things. I have lawyers on this site on a daily basis, waiting for me to slip, or at least I’ve been notified that is the case.
I don’t know if to think these situations are always money driven. It could be a point of principle with these artists, and their only recourse is a legal one to keep the system clean. Never thought of The Black Crowes as being super money motivated. They had their day, but they were allowing fans to tape concerts, before allowing fans to tape concerts was cool.
And yeah, Alan Parsons, I respect him as a recording engineer, but “Eye In The Sky” is lame, and I’d never listened to the words so intently, but it is plain creepy and weird, and not in a cool way.
November 17, 2010 @ 5:02 pm
I think Americans have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to lawsuits, and that’s not something to be proud of. But as a musician who works really hard at writing songs (and tries to make sure they are original), if someone stole my work and called it their own I’d be pissed. No question about it. Maybe there’s nothing new under the sun, but change it up for pete’s sake! Same key, same tempo, same melody. It’s sad.
I wrote a song a couple years back, catchy tune. It turned out to be “One More Round” by .357 String Band, which is the same chord progression as “Dark Bar and A Jukebox” by J.B. Beverley. Once I figured out I was accidentally taking someone elses melody I scrapped the song. I couldn’t get the .357 melody out of my head enough to turn it in to something different.
December 14, 2024 @ 9:13 pm
The entire purpose of copyright is to prevent other artists from unfairly profiting off the work of other artists. Want to incorporate some other artist’s work into your own project? Have at it – BUT PAY THE LICENSING FEE!
November 17, 2010 @ 6:43 am
Lady A may need a good copyright lawyer, but why make a gratuitous reference to religion? Why engage in perpetuating stereotypes?
November 17, 2010 @ 7:47 am
Removed it.
Jeez.
Can’t see how calling someone “good” is negative stereotyping. But that is the PC environment we live in I guess.
November 17, 2010 @ 10:48 am
Thanks very much for removing the comment and I know that no intentional discrimination was intended but can’t you see why some would have been annoyed if I had responded that you’ll need a good Negro tap dancer to avoid offending many with your (original) remark?
Anyway, thanks– I enjoy reading your blog.l
November 17, 2010 @ 11:11 am
I know this will sound cliche, but one of my best friends is Jewish, and she’s always telling me I need to “get a good Jewish lawyer.” I just texted her, chewing her out (lovingly so) for desensitizing me.
I’d like to say it is never my intention to offend people, but probably the more accurate statement is that I never mean to offend people for no reason.
Thanks for reading.
November 17, 2010 @ 11:45 am
Taylor Swift is like George Strait compared to these guys and sugarland.
November 17, 2010 @ 2:35 pm
Yep, Nashville has lowered expectations to the point where Taylor Swift looks good, and country.
November 17, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
“Hey Joe were did you go with that gun in your hand”…wait thems be the same song.
November 17, 2010 @ 1:19 pm
triggerman…u hear about jamey johnson going on tour with kid rock…its got a lot of ppl pretty pissed and re thinking jamey
November 17, 2010 @ 1:31 pm
There so many pop country storylines going on right now my head is spinning. This is their busiest season right before the holidays. It’s been one bad album, one wrong move after another. Keith Urban And Rascal Flatts just put out albums too, along with Kid Rock. I’m trying to cover what I can, while not trying to forget that the most important thing is to make sure the GOOD music is getting attention.
November 17, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
I don’t know why people would be pissed at the guy going on the road with Kid Rock. Jamey Johnson isn’t exactly a shining light of country music himself,so let the two radio rebels stroke each other’s ego’s while claming to be true badasses.
Trigger, what do you think about 100 Damned Guns
November 17, 2010 @ 2:39 pm
The pairing does not surprise me, but Jamey should be more in tune with where his base is. Folks sporting flying W’s don’t really mix with the rap/rock mix of Jr’s “rebel son.” I expect quite a few Jamey people to be pissed over this.
Don’t know much about 100 Damned Guns. I will add them to the list.
November 17, 2010 @ 3:11 pm
Let’s face it boys and girls: country music, even the good stuff, sounds a lot like other country music. There’s only so many chords/notes to use in a song. And that’s OK with me.
Could it be that LadyA just fell asleep to FM radio so much in the old days that they absorbed the smooth mellow sounds of Alan Parsons in their subconscious minds?
Now George Harrison got busted for admitting My Sweet Lord was influenced by He’s So Fine in an interview. That’s cut and dried. And he paid up.
But any of us trying to write either classic style country or pop country are working w/ such a limited palette…and that’s the trick, isn’t it? To sound familiar enough for people to relate to you, but different enough to stand out/not get sued.
And why can’t we find a lawyer to sue the Autotune folks for ethnic cleansing / hillbilly genocide?
November 17, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
Don’t hit me, but I do think Miranda Lambert is a bit overrated.
November 17, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
But between her and Taylor Swifty I can see the wisdom of choosing to give Miranda the awards.
I agree with your prediction that Taylor will sweep the 2011 CMAs. She’ll be unopposed as Miranda’s Revolution album is winding down. The same can be said for Carrie Underwood’s album, and Martina McBride is nowhere to be found. Saleswise Reba won’t be a match to Taylor. Those are the usual suspects in the female vocalist category, unless they decide to shake things up and nominate new faces. For the Entertainer I can’t think of anyone who will match Swifty’s commercial success.
I just might vomit if she sweeps the awards again. Oops, I forgot I already did vomit in last year, especially when she won the vocalist award.
November 17, 2010 @ 4:39 pm
Again, Miranda, Taylor, their success is the product of lowered expectations. It’s not about who is good. It’s about Miranda being better than Taylor, and Taylor being better than Sugarland and Lady A.
November 17, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
Stealing songs is country tradition. The Carters did it, Bill Monroe did it, etc. I mean come on how many country songs have the same melody. It’s a total non issue.
November 17, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
First off, neither of these songs are country songs.
Second, sure people borrow elements from different songs, but nothing this egregious. There is a science to figuring if songs have been plagiarized or not.
Third, this point here is that Nashville is void of ideas. This was the Single of the Year according to the CMA. That is what makes it NOT a non issue.
November 18, 2010 @ 11:49 am
“Great speckled bird” “Thinking tonight of my blue eyes” “Honky tonk angles/Wild side of life” all have the exact same melody/phrasing/chord progression. If you want a newer example go listen to Bob Wayne “La Diabla” than listen to the Ween song “Buenos Tardes Amigo”. It happens subconsciously and consciously not really a big deal in my eyes. There are only so many way to structure a song.
November 18, 2010 @ 1:25 pm
Agreed. BUT!
Am I the only one here that sees that this song crosses a line? This was the Single of the Year from the CMA’s. They’re saying there was not better single this year than this song, and willfully or not, it is a ripoff. Or can we at least see that it proves the point that radio country is nothing more than rehashed classic rock?
I guess I’m on drugs.
November 18, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
Nah man you are not on drugs, you bring up alot of good points on this website. I just don’t see why people give that much of a shit about “pop country” and Nashville. Who the fuck cares? There are a ton of great musicians out there busting there ass playing real music for real folks. That is why I come here. To hear about artists I care about. Hell 95% of the “pop country” names you talk about on here I’ve never even herd of.
November 18, 2010 @ 3:34 pm
Music is art and it’s writers/performers should at least make a feeble attemt at making there’s different. If not, the art is lost, thus killing the whole point of listening. Being similar is one thing, but intentionally taking someone elses song and changing the words to (paint it a different color) and using it as their own is wrong no matter how you look at it.
November 18, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
I’m terribly sorry but if anyone needs to be sued it should be Alan Parsons for the libel against Lady A’s “Need You Now.” I mean, they’re it and he hasn’t had a hit since 1982. Need I say more? Plus, that mashup isn’t even in the right to be done the way it is. You want an unedited, unbiased look at the songs, here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEFbk0wqic – Lady A’s Need You Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiie_zmSr8 – Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky
So the tempo is close, but what I consider is wrong is reducing Lady A’s song to a different key to make the point they ripped off APP’s song. They are totally different!
November 18, 2010 @ 11:45 pm
I get your point, but the point of the mashup was to illustrate the Alan Parson’s position sonically in an easily understandable manner. Alan Parson’s fans were saying the Lady A song was a ripoff months before this mashup was ever made.
I’m not saying it was a direct ripoff, but an altered mashup doesn’t alter the foundation of the arguments that were set way before the mashup was made.
And to try to argue your point by saying Lady A’s “It” and Alan Parsons is a has been is dumb. That’s like saying Tiger Woods never cheated on his wife because he was so good at golf.
November 19, 2010 @ 9:11 am
huh? don’t follow the Lady A and Tiger reference?
Fact… Lady Awful happens to be “in” right now. Alan Parsons hasn’t done much for some time. So that is plain fact.
How does Tiger come into play as a comparison here?
I get the issue for Parson fans, but this article was stupid. Sorry Tigger. It just seems as an attempt to smear Lady Awful, which there are better ways than to drag this completely fictional mishup out.
November 19, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
Benjamin was using the fact that Lady A is popular as grounds that they are in the right in this fight, and using the fact that Parsons is not as grounds that they are wrong. If you cannot see how imbecile this is, I give up. I think my Tiger illustration is perfect. If you can’t figure out why it doesn’t make sense, that’s the point.
November 20, 2010 @ 12:13 am
I went to the first link you posted for the plagiaristic Lady A’s and got this (This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.) NUFF SAID I RECKON…
November 20, 2010 @ 12:40 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEFbk0wqic
November 19, 2010 @ 9:08 am
Alot of action on this article and some REAL research beyond the made up mashup post here.
Clearly the mashup is to make it appear the songs are identical. That has been proven to not be true. They are close, but not identical.
I credit those that did some digging with clearing that up. Is it a ripoff, maybe, but the mashup is fake.
Trigger, you write some great articles on here for great discussion. However, this seems to be another article with a title that leads one to believe something that clearly isn’t the case. Yea, you put a “?” behind it, but reading the title, the article and listened to the mishup, with no real side by side comparison of the songs, it is misleading.
Lady A is NOT country. Adult contemporary is where I would put them. So for the crowd here, they suck. But I don’t like when articles and posts jump to a misleading conclusion.
And clearly some are loving that Jamey Johnson is going on tour w/ Kid. That gives those that don’t like Jamey some ammo because they think Kid is a joke too.
Jamey and Kid are no different than most of the Bob Wayne types, except Jamey and Kid made it. Sure they have evolved, but that doesn’t mean they are sell outs, they simply evoled. Same as Willie, Waylon, DAC, Hank Jr., etc…
November 19, 2010 @ 3:30 pm
Lady A is not country. Everyone here knows better, but if you walk into a store, where do you find them? That’s the problem. I don’t care if they exist, or if they rip off terrible songs from 30 years ago. I care that they rip off terrible 30 year old pop songs and call them country.
I don’t know where you’re coming from with the Kid Rock/ Bob Wayne comparison. Sure everybody’s music changes over time, but how long ago was it that Kid Rock was working with Eminem instead of Jamey? Sure, Bob was in a metal band prior to his work with outlaw carnies, but if you have a Bob Wayne album, you’re gonna get what you expect. Who knows what you’ll hear on a Kid Rock album. Rap? Bad skynyrd covers? Regardless, Jamey can tour with whoever he wants, it’s no skin off my back.
November 19, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
Let me say it for the third time.
The mashup was made MONTHS after the accusation that the Lady Antebellum song was a ripoff. It was meant to be an easy to understand illustration between the similarities of the songs. I’m not saying whoever made the mashup was right in doing so, or defending it. But the mashup was not the instigation of this argument. Furthermore all these assholes that are saying on YouTube, on messages boards, and on blogs like this that the creator was intentionally trying to mislead people forgot to read the description, as did I initially. The creator explains the situation very carefully:
“I knew there was a reason I liked that chorus! Dropped Lady Antebellum down a little and did minor tempo drop on APP. Put it on 480P quality for BETTER AUDIO. enjoy!
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notes:
This drove me nuts until I figured it out. Liked the Antebellum chorus but knew I had heard it. Came to me in the car the next day. I HAD to do this for my own sanity. I stepped down Lady Antebellum 2 steps. I think it went from E to D (sounds pretty cool in drop D), but the tempo adjustment was way slight. Alan Parsons Project was at 110 and L.A. was at 108 so I ramped back Eye in the Sky ever so slightly. This is the result.
I can’t claim there’s an intentional rip off, but this was A.P.P.’s biggest hit because of that chorus hook and that is the ONLY reason I liked the Antebellum song. It’s a great freaking hook for both songs. The verses in the L.A. song are new country swill to me and also sound exactly like a whole bunch of other stuff that has existed prior to their release. The whole song is the hook, and it’s not really theirs…”
Here is a guy who in APRIL, that means six months ago, saw the similarities between the two songs and did a horrible, horrible live mashup, but the point is people have been seeing the similarities way before the CMA’s or the other mashup was posted:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Troy1967#p/a/u/2/MZ7D8fj2zBg
I’m not saying Lady A purposefully ripped off the song. Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t. Either way, it proves the point that Music Row is out of ideas. This is the Single of the Year ffs!
November 19, 2010 @ 4:09 pm
As for this Jamey Johnson stuff.
First off, you have a tendency to take one comment in a blog, and make the whole blog, all the comments, and my opinion all match said comment.
I did not bring the Jamey Johnson stuff up. But it has been brought up to me, numerous times, by numerous people. Some of who are using it to rub it in my face because they perceive me to be such a Jamey Johnson lover.
I’m not saying he’s right or wrong for touring with Kid Rock. What I do know is it erodes a lot of the good country karma he has built up with a lot of folks. I find the move very curious. It would make more sense to me if he toured with Eric Church than Kid.
November 20, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
I really wasn’t directing my Kid/Jamey comment at Trigger. More the crowd that will turn Jamey touring with Kid into “see, Jamey isn’t REAL” I wasn’t turning that into this blog.
Anyone ever think that maybe they are touring together cause they get along well? Maybe not similar music, but they like hanging out together and want to have a good time touring?
The only thing odd about it is Jamey playing arenas isn’t a great match. He kills the smaller venues.
My Kid/Bob Wayne comparison is that they are both trashy, Kid just made it big.
And this mashup is completely a joke. “if you take and slow down and speed up and then drop the….” ok, it sounds similar, it isn’t a carbon copy.
November 20, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
I agree that if you’re going to do a mashup like that, you may want to begin it with either text or commentary explaining what you are doing and what your intentions are. In fairness he did this, but it was in the notes of the video, which the way YouTube is set up now, you have to go and find. I don’t know if calling it a joke is fair. Could have been done better for sure.
Bob Wayne is more country. Kid Rock has gone out of his way to say he doesn’t want to be considered country. Yes they both have trashy songs, but Bob also has a deep side, much deeper than Rock’s occasional ballads. I see the point though. However Jamey is not touring with Bob. If he were, would see that as just much as out of place as I see him touring with Kid Rock.
November 22, 2010 @ 10:13 am
“In fairness he did this, but it was in the notes of the video, which the way YouTube is set up now, you have to go and find. I don”™t know if calling it a joke is fair. Could have been done better for sure.”
Yes that is true, but you did not make that clear in this article. It is similar to the article posted a couple months ago claiming “Willie bashed New Outlaws”.
Once someone actually dug into the two artilces, or in this case the Youtube mashup, the real/true story was seen. Like I said, there are a million reasons to say Lady A-wful sucks, but this post was clearly with some misleading information.
November 22, 2010 @ 10:28 am
The reason that I did not make this clear in the article is because I didn’t know/read the notes either, and I have admitted to that numerous times. This was a mistake, nail me to the cross for christ sake, but it doesn’t change the foundation of the argument, which has been going on for months before the mashup.
I am proud to say that I am NOT an expert on Lady A, OR “Eye in the Sky,” and that is why I didn’t spy the changing of those songs initially.
I have admitted to my initial ignorance, and I did so unprovoked after I read the notes for the video. But to say that I purposefully misled people is ridiculous.
The broad argument here is if Lady A stole the hook of the song, not this dumb video. I am not going to defend it or the way it was made, except for to say the guy was completely up front about what he did, and his intentions were pure. Just like mine were.
I still think people have a right to know that there is a serious concern that the 2011 CMA for Sing of the Year was a potential ripoff, and I stand behind this story 100%.
November 20, 2010 @ 12:03 am
Hey! Some of us old fuckers on here grew up with Alan Parsons…and I mean that literally(used to be my favorite…um, background music). If I listened to that K.R.A.P. they push off as Country Music I know damn well I would have caught the comparison. Thanks for reminding me why I don’t listen to that new shit anymore and count on you to do it for me…(yaahahah). Great Post!
November 23, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Right on 🙂
November 20, 2010 @ 5:23 am
Anyone calling the works of Wolfson and Parsons “crap” should not be taken seriously. It’s just that simple, you have written yourself off as unaware.
November 20, 2010 @ 5:13 pm
I called the Alan Parson’s song “creepy” not “crap.” I have huge respect for Parsons as a production man, and some of his own stuff is decent, but I do not like this song. That is an opinion based on taste, not a symptom of being “unaware” of who Parsons is. I’ve known about Parsons and his many contributions to music for years, and have a lot of respect for the man. Doesn’t mean everything he does I think is gold.
November 23, 2010 @ 1:10 pm
Maybe ‘creepy’ is what Parsons was after. Re-hashing classic rock and trying to diffuse it into pop country makes sense to the talentless, because the limited talent and songwriting is just not there. Again, today, I listened to about 15 seconds of the best of the best in today’s country music and I literally couldn’t listen to another second of it. It’s horrible lyrically, clinging to catchy hooks and accessible subject matter and has about one thing going for it: for some reason the masses seem to enjoy it. Or do they?
November 23, 2010 @ 2:26 pm
It probably was what he was after, and there’s nothing wrong with that, and calling it “creepy” was just more of me trying to be funny that doling out an insult.
A few times its come up that I dog on classic rock and don’t like it because I compare it to modern country. I love most of classic rock, but if I want to listen to classic rock, that is what I’ll listen to, not somebody’s bad take on it 20 years later.
November 24, 2010 @ 5:43 am
I get it Triggerman. My dad listened to APP, Uriah Heep, Three Dog Night, Pink Floyd, so on so forth so I grew up listening too and music can be such a strong reflection of emotion.
November 23, 2010 @ 9:06 am
God!! I love this place.
For years now I have been suffering in silence!!!
(You guys have said it all regarding Parsons/Lady A).
Thought it was just me that felt Sugarland was over sung ear killing …. and Lady A….well, whenever I hear them, I am always waiting for the real singing to start….thanks thanks……
Maybe now I won’t have to listen to Patsy Cline just to clear my head so much. Patsy was a goddess of song and even Reba should listen to Patsy to learn how to not scream belt and use her real voice and not so much jaw.
November 23, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Patsy Cline was not a goddess. She did have God given talent, though, and that is why she is timeless.
November 23, 2010 @ 9:34 pm
I was referring to her singing talent, i.e., goddess of song, not goddess is general.
November 23, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
“in” general, thought I should correct it as not be misunderstood again……
November 24, 2010 @ 6:36 am
Have a happy Thanks-giving Y’all.
April 4, 2011 @ 7:37 am
I can’t understand anyone who can’t see that this is a total rip off. And to those gays who worship lady a, you know nothing about music. Alan Parsons is a brilliant musician and Lady A owes him gratitude for that grammy of hers. Put on your listening ears and hear behind her changed up vocals.
July 29, 2011 @ 8:00 pm
George Harrison was sued and lost $1.6 million (in 1976 = $6.32 million in 2011 dollars) for much, much less “similarity”.