http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/ The Not So Pretty Side of Hollywood Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:44:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/comment-page-1/#comment-22934 Rick Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:24 +0000 http://bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/#comment-22934 No, this is not plagiarism. The first four bars of both songs are almost identical, but neither is original. This particular melodic line has been used by over a dozen recording artists since 1950. If this legal matter ever gets anywhere near a court, it will die quickly. I'm not a fan of either artist, but I'm impressed by some of what I've read about the two. Wilson seems to have a devil-may-care attitude about everything. The Crowes seem to believe that they have rock and roll integrity because they don't use hairspray. I don't take either artist very seriously, which I think would offend the Crowes more than Wilson. No, this is not plagiarism. The first four bars of both songs are almost identical, but neither is original. This particular melodic line has been used by over a dozen recording artists since 1950. If this legal matter ever gets anywhere near a court, it will die quickly. I’m not a fan of either artist, but I’m impressed by some of what I’ve read about the two. Wilson seems to have a devil-may-care attitude about everything. The Crowes seem to believe that they have rock and roll integrity because they don’t use hairspray. I don’t take either artist very seriously, which I think would offend the Crowes more than Wilson.

]]> http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/comment-page-1/#comment-21846 Mac Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:27:35 +0000 http://bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/#comment-21846 Ripoff. Ripoff.

]]> http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/comment-page-1/#comment-21821 Tanya Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:58:26 +0000 http://bittenandbound.com/2008/07/30/black-crowes-accuse-gretchen-wilson-of-song-stealing/#comment-21821 YES! Definite rip off! YES! Definite rip off!

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