Andy Summers of the Police Calls Puff Daddy’s ‘I’ll Be Missing You’ a ‘Major Rip-Off’
Poor Summers, he should have gotten a songwriting credit.
Hmmm. The word “talent” isn’t one I’d associate with Rap.
Huh? There are royalties for writers, and performers (and producers as well). Why would only the writer get royalties for an unauthorized “cover”?
The thieves call it sampling. A simple obfuscation to allow them to justify/rationalize a good old fashioned ripoff.
I always thought that the Police’s “Every Breath You Take”’s tune sounded like a rip-off of “More Than I Can Say”, which had been recently done by Leo Sayer, and much earlier by the Crickets.
Accuse Puff of piracy and you’re a racist!! It’s automatic! No other reason but racism. Plain and simple!
“Music lost one of its most promising talents...”
Music? Uh, eff NO!
The RIGHT way to rip off the Police:
Mark Knopfler realized that the melody in his head for “Money for Nothing” (”I want my... I want my... I want my MTV”) was actually the Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close to Me.” (”Don’t stand so... Don’t stand so... Don’t stand so close to me”) Hesitant to ditch the entire song, he called Sting, looking to reach some sort of arrangement.
The result? That’s Sting, not Mark Knopfler, singing the refrain on Dire Strait’s biggest hit.
Hate it when a song starts I like and then someone starts rapping.
Back in the old days, Sting would get a higher percentage of touring profits also. But for their 2007 reunion tour, Summers and Copeland insisted on an even third split and got it.
wonder how a big and/or tall person is stuffed in a standard size casket...
“uh, okay bitch, is you a hobbit”? P Diddy
Was Metallica compensated when Kid Rock sampled the guitar riff from Sad but True?
Almost all music is sampled folks. I admit though Diddy does it more egregiously than others.
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?
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.
I well remember hearing that “song” for the first time. I’ve banged my head plenty on the songwriting wall and I was amazed at the utter lack of idea or talent that that braindead song represented. What utter ass COULDN’T do THAT? I never thought Rock was particularly generally difficult or complicated but this kind of thing is down right stupid.