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CeCe Peniston vs. Lizzo

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Lizzo Juice

Aside from the recent “100% that bitch” accusation Lizzo has been called out by 90’s R&B singer CeCe Peniston over Lizzo’s “Ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee” line in her 2019 hit “Juice”. Peniston posted a comparison on her Instagram account putting them side by side. I try not to pass too much judgement on this site but I gotta say this one is pretty weak.

Enjoy!

 

On Youtube:

CeCe Peniston – Finally (1991)

CeCe Peniston - Finally (Official Music Video)

Lizzo – Juice (2019)

Lizzo - Juice (Official Video)

Is Robin Thicke & Pharrell Williams’ “Blurred Lines” day in court finally over?

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Well this case (might) finally (maybe) be over (maybe)

A three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld the original verdict, ruling that Thicke and Pharrell will, indeed, have to pay millions to the Gaye family. (The only change is that T.I., featured on the song, no longer has to pay.)

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The precedent that it sets is bad news for creativity, as Judge Nguyen wrote — it allows the Gayes to “copyright a style.” Judge Smith does not appear to recognize the door he’s opened for older artists to sue current artists for acknowledging the former’s influence on their work. The original verdict is a dangerous and slippery slope that allows acrimony and general bad faith to come between artists who should and would otherwise appreciate each other. It’s also completely responsible for the litigious environment surrounding popular music in the time since the “Blurred Lines” verdict came down. I can think of a number of songs in the current top 20 that could be equally as guilty of this new type of infringement if this indeed is the new standard.

The ultimate effect will be to limit creativity and stifle innovation, which goes against the very reason these ideas were included in the Constitution in the first place: to promote the arts, not to determine and/or to protect ownership.

source: Vulture

And one last time, here are the two songs in question

Marvin Gaye – “Got to Give it Up” (1977)

GOT TO GIVE IT UP - MARVIN GAYE

Robin Thicke – “Blurred Lines” (2013)

Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (ft. T.I. & Pharrell) HD with Lyrics on screen

See Also:

Robin Thicke Sues Marvin Gaye

Robin Thicke Lied About Writing “Blurred Lines”

Diet Coke vs. Pharrell Williams

Ed Sheeran “Sing” (co-written by Pharrell) vs. Yacht vs. The Rolling Stones

Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Sued

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Gwen

This is rather interesting as both songs are both quite old but it’s never too late to sue!

Here are the clips in question:

L.A.P.D. - "Who's Got My Lightah" (1996)
Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams - "Spark the Fire" (2014)

As reported by Hollywood Reporter:

Richard Morrill is suing Stefani, her company Harajuku Lovers, Pharrell Williams and Interscope Records, claiming “Spark the Fire” infringes on his rights in a 1996 song called “Who’s Got My Lightah.” (He also created a derivative of his own work in 2009 called “Who’s Got My Lighter.”)

Morrill is a singer-songwriter who was formerly in the late-’80s funk metal band L.A.P.D. — which is now known as Korn — but, in 1997 and 1998, he was a hairstylist in Huntington Beach.

He says Stefani, then the 20-something lead singer for No Doubt, came into his salon. Morrill claims he played his song for Stefani while he was coloring and styling her hair, she liked it and he gave her a CD containing it.

Nearly two decades later, Morrill is claiming that Stefani and Williams copied the chorus from his song when writing “Spark the Fire.”

He says he discovered the infringement when his friend saw Stefani and Williams perform the song on The Voice in 2014 and sent him a link to a video of the show.

Morrill claims the lyrics to the chorus are substantially similar to his own. His attorney Alan Blakley describes the similarity as follows.

First, regarding Morrill’s 1996 song: “The lyrics of the chorus of ‘Who’s Got My Lightah’ were: ‘Who’s got my lightah? Going to find ya. Who’s got my lightah? I’m right behind ya. Who’s got my lightah? I’m going to find ya. Give it back, give it back.'”

Second, regarding Morrill’s 2009 derivative song: “The lyrics of the chorus of ‘Who’s Got My Lighter’ were: ‘Who’s got my lightah? Who got the fire? Who’s got my lightah? Who’s got my little lightah?’ Fire is pronounced ‘fi-ya.'”

Third, regarding the song by Stefani and Williams: “The lyrics to the chorus of ‘Spark the Fire’ are: ‘Who got the lighter? Let’s spark the fire. Who got the lighter? Let’s spark the fire.’ This is repeated once more. Fire is pronounced ‘fi-ya.'”

The suit also claims the rhythm, melody and background music in the chorus is “almost identical” to Morrill’s, and the songs are sung in the same key.

Read the full legal documents here.

See also:

Young The Giant vs. Aztec Camera vs. Gwen Stefani vs. Weezer vs. Lita Ford

No Doubt vs. Irene Cara

Diet Coke vs. Pharrell Williams

Marvin Gaye family awarded $7.4 million in ‘Blurred Lines’ trial

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