Re: James Brown "Ripped Off" Isleys...Twice?

Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:52:52 -0500
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Feelin Good wrote:
> Yeah. I guess because James was the Godfather of Soul, the Players
> would have felt the heat for suing an icon of black music? Or maybe
> other artists agreed that with James that too many people borrowed
> James' sound, and he deserved to take something back himself? Although
> this doesn't explain why David Bowie didn't sue over 'Fame' being ripped
> off as 'Hot I Need To Be Loved'.
i think "borrowing" from other people's songs was always part of music,
sort of like the culture of making and listening to music. it's only now
with rap music and sampling that people started to sue each other.