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08-29-2004, 10:30 PM
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| The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Prompted by the news of Clare Torry's suit against Floyd over that "Great Gig" business, I thought I'd start a thread where we can talk about the stupidest lawsuits betweens recording artists, record companies, etc. (Suggestion: Since the Waters vs. Floyd suit has been covered so many times elsewhere on this thread, it goes without saying...unless you agree with Waters, which is fine.  )One of my picks would be the time John Fogerty was sued for "PLAGIARIZING HIMSELF." Back in '85 or '86 he got sued because his old record company said his Number 1 single "The Old Man Down the Road" was a musical knock-off of a song he'd made with CCR, "Run Through the Jungle." Fogerty even had to play the song in court I believe. Even *if* "Old Man" borrowed from "Jungle," BOTH OF THEM ARE STILL FOGERTY's SONGS! I understand, record company's rights to songs, contracts, all that other hooey, but this was just nonsense.  |
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#2
08-29-2004, 11:59 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Yeah, that Fogarty one is a hoot. He refused to sing his old CCR stuff for many years because for so doing, he had to pay royalties to the record Co., which really pissed him off. Another silly one. John Kay, founder of Steppenwolf, sues ex-Steppenwolf bassist Nick St. Nicholas for billing himself as the ex-bassist for Steppenwolf.
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08-30-2004, 12:05 AM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time The choir kids who were in ABITW (2) sued PF years after it was recorded because they never got royalties.
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08-30-2004, 06:59 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time I'd never heard about that. All I knew was that Roger gave each of the kids a copy of The Wall. Generous bastard!  Although, according to Nick Schaffner, PF gave the school itself a lot of money.
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08-30-2004, 07:14 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time I think the case that occured a year or so ago (I'm not sure on the date, but it wasn't too long ago) between Creed and Chicago concert goers: they were sued because they gave what those suing claimed was a "sloppy performance." I believe they demanded full reimbursement for the tickets. Hillarious, if you ask me...
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08-30-2004, 07:49 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Umm, the Napster and Kazaa cases. |
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08-31-2004, 11:57 AM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time George Harrison gets sued for plagiarising "He's So Fine" in the form of "My Sweet Lord." Fifteen years of jaw-dropping ridiculousness ensues...
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08-31-2004, 12:20 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time The current Dead Kennedy's suing frontman Jello Biafra for not paying them royalties,( most of their albums are on Alternative Tenticles, which is Jello's label) when in fact all they wanted were the rights to his songs so they could release the back cataloge. |
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08-31-2004, 10:43 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Quote:
Oh yes, I heard he gave them all a copy, but in the Wall movie commentary I believe Roger says that the kids(now grown up) tried to sue PF for royalties. I'll look into it a bit more.
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09-01-2004, 07:27 AM
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| The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Andy Scott and Sweet don`t look very happy in those pictures where they are dressed up like indians. Co - Co is their worst song. And that`s all because of making money for their greedy managers.  Last edited by parrymason : 09-01-2004 at 12:35 PM. |
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09-01-2004, 11:32 AM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time That's "dumbest lawsuit," not "dumbest costume."
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09-01-2004, 12:03 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time "they were sued because they gave what those suing claimed was a "sloppy performance." Shoot- dont tell anyone that went to a Guns and Roses concert in the 80's! Those guys were so drunk sometimes they were hitting the floor drunk!
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09-01-2004, 12:34 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Quote:
Then let`s make a thread "dumbest costume" First would be Elton John for dressing up like a duck. |
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09-01-2004, 07:23 PM
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| Re: The Dumbest Musical Lawsuits of All Time Probably something from the Gabriel days of Genesis.
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