It broke today that singer/songwriter Eddy Grant is a tad ticked off at Gorillaz for stealing his song. It appears the dreadlocked Lothario has noticed a similarity between a portion of the new Gorillaz single 'Stylo' and his own song 'Time Warp', originally released as B-side for 'Electric Avenue'.
You can hear the two songs below and judge for yourself.
Eddy Grant - Time Warp (Play from 14 secs)
Gorillaz - Stylo (Play from 39 secs)
From first listen, it seems Eddy may have this one rapped up. But unfortunately, Gorillaz have won this. Although the rhythm and most of the notes seem to be the same, they are in fact slightly different.
If you listen again, you will hear that Eddy's song plays the same bar twice over; whereas the Gorillaz drop to a lower note at the end of the second bar. Effectively making the overall tune slightly different. Meaning that Eddy is really only calling plagiarism on 4 notes. Not really enough to make a case.
Although, Men At Work lost their case against Larrikin for ripping off the song 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree' for using a 'substantial part of the song'. So this case may all come down to the judge's interpretation of the word 'substantial'.
But, in my opinion, no.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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