Submitted by Steven
Kelly Osbourne‘s 2005 new wave style single “One Word” caused a bit of controversy resulting in an out of court settlement with the group Visage for their 1980 hit “Fade to Grey”. They even both feature French female spoken word over some of the music!
“French Intros”
This one popped up in the news today.
Ulrich Schnauss, a German electronic artist, filed suit against Guns N’ Roses, saying that its song “Riad N’ the Bedouins” includes unauthorized samples of his tracks “Wherever You Are” and “A Strangely Isolated Place.” But in a statement, the manager Irving Azoff said that the band “vigorously contests these claims.”
source: New York Times
Hear for yourself:
All of these years I assumed the mysterious, melancholic verse of Radiohead’s “Creep” was a signature sound. The haunting progression was lifted straight off the 1974 Hollies hit The Air That I Breathe. Pablo Honey‘s linear notes credit the original songwriters.
The Flaming Lips will split royalties for the song “Fight Test” with Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) according to the terms of an agreement between the two artists’ publishing companies. The settlement stems from the similarity between the Lips’ new single and Stevens’ 1970 song “Father and Son.”
Excerpt from Flaming Lips Avoid Cat Fight on RollingStone.com
