Robin Thicke Sues Marvin Gaye's Family To Protect 'Blurred Lines'

From the HuffPo:

Many have noted the similarity between Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and Robin Thicke's song-of-the-summer smash hit "Blurred Lines," and now Thicke has gone on the offensive to ensure that the sonic likeness of the two songs doesn't end up costing him any money. 

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news late Thursday: Thicke, along with Pharrell Williams and T.I., filed a lawsuit against Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music. In the case, the trio of music makers say they have "the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies," but must "reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists." 

More here, with video.

Meh. They're different enough. I mean, if the Gershwins could rip off "Motherless Child" and call it "Summertime," if the Nuge can rip off Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" and call it "Cat Scratch Fever," and if U2 can rip off the Nuge's "Stranglehold" and call it "Bullets of Blue Sky," then Robin Thick can rip off Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" and call it "Blurred Lines." Close, but not the same. Definitely a ripoff, but not really outright theft.

What bugs me is that I really WANT "Blurred Lines" to get into some legal trouble because the only thing I like about it is that it reminds me of "Got to Give It Up." Otherwise, it's highly derived, kind of sterile, and fairly sexist and narcissistic. You know, the typical self-involved misogynistic crap pushed relentlessly by the entertainment industry these days. Also, it's stupid. Really stupid.

Oh well. Freedom of speech.

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