Posted on 05/27/2022 12:28:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This day in Rap history. Surprised it’s not taught in elementary school
Hools nationwide.
This rip-off is so egregious, it makes me ask:
Please tell me that Kid Rock wrote his trash with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s permission. Or, given how stupid and trashy Kid Rock’s song is, maybe tell me he didn’t?
Also, Warren Zevon’s “Wherewolves of London.” Kid Rock really complicates things by not only ripping off Lynyrd Skynyrd, but also ripping off Zevon’s rip-off of the same song!
I hate to say it, but I’ve heard a handful of rappers that I thought had talent. Kanye West was the only predominantly black one of the bunch. And he ran as a Trump surrogate.
Eminem
Kanye West
Beastie Boys
Rage Against the Machine (why I chose the awkward phrasing, “predominantly black”)
McLemore & Ryan Lewis
Too bad Eminem and McLemore cowered to political correctness. Kinda shocking that it was POSSIBLE for Eminem to become politically correct. And not saying I like Rage, just that they have obvious talent for sound-crafting... if I should given them credit and not some producers.
I thought so. BTW, it was 4/4 time unless I am thinking of another song.
I stopped reading right there...
“Poor Summers, he should have gotten a songwriting credit.”
For playing some arpeggiated chords the whole song? I’m sorry, but it’s probably his least creative guitar riff, and he’s normally a pretty creative guitar player.
But you can’t copyright riffs, or chords, or arpeggiated chords. You can only copyright melodies and lyrics, and that’s why Sting got the credit and not Summers. He should have made an agreement like some bands where all members get credit on every song, no matter their individual contributions, but he didn’t, maybe because Sting might have walked if they had demanded it.
Huge Wrong! Kid Rock got prior permission from both writers. He even brought Skynard out on stage to transition into Sweet Home Alabama (same chords - D,C,G) at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that year.
Listen to the demo. The song that Sting wrote was the most boring song, that wasn’t interesting at all. Without what Summers added, it never would have been a success.
I just looked it up. Apparently Kid Rock gave no credit to the person who actually came up with the song, Mike Clark.
Which song? Zevon or Skynard? You do know that there are differences in publisher, writer, and band rights? It's all about what the contract says with the talent and producers/labels.
I am not a student of music theory, I only know that I and one other person who mentioned it at the time heard a similarity, when hearing the opening:
Yo-oh, Yay-ay
I love you more than I can say
Every breath you take
Every move you make
In retrospect, not enough to sue over, but we both heard “Leo Sayer” when hearing the song for the first time.
I prefer the Big Daddy (NOT “Puff” Daddy) version anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abu6d4dt9PM
They figure it’s even stevens for rock bands ripping off blues artists.
I mean, he named himself a verb, present tense. cause he’s not stung, he’s not stinging....he’s STING.
His real name is Gordon, and he changes it to Sting ? Who’s got the balls to tell their friends to call him Sting ? Cause at one point in his life, he had to remind them :
- Excuse me, from now on would you mind calling me Sting ?
- F___ you. Yeah, my name is Bite and this is my friend Scratch. Now get me a beer, Gordy.
- Sorry. Two beers light, coming right away. I’m gonna grow up and be a rock star, you’ll see. Wherever you go, I’ll watching you …, I’ll watching you …
-Dana Carvey
Let’s just say, if the coffin is going to be Closed, you can get away with murder and “make” the contents fit the container.
Most of the band died in a plane crash - there's one remaining continuous member.....what constitutes "Lynyrd Skynyrd" now may as well be a cover band.
They also fell into wokery and disavowed using Confederate symbols - in direct contrast to their original songs like "Sweet Home Alabama"..........at least until fans complained and they realized people were going to stop buying tickets if the band couldn't at least to pretend.
Noise sells right now because the kids dont know any better.
Have you ever listened to any of the cookie monster music some are listening to?
In a way its similar to rap, the difference is that its for white kids that cant sing.
That’s fine, but it doesn’t change the copyright laws. If he had wanted a songwriting credit, the way to get it was to negotiate some agreement with his bandmates, not to whine about it 40 years later.
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