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Doxa
No, he did not. The credit was given to K. D. Lang. That is not called stealing.
Nice authorities you have.
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Doxa
No, he did not. The credit was given to K. D. Lang. That is not called stealing.
Nice authorities you have.
- Doxa
The authority in this case is Keith Richards. Did you even read the article?
"Richards explained that the Stones machine went into overdrive to avoid a massive lawsuit: "So I had to call up (our manager) and all the heavy-duty lawyers, and I said, have this thing checked out right now otherwise we're going to be sued. And within 24-hours, I got a phone call: You're right. We had to include K.D. Land in the writing credits."
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Stoneage
And why did K D Lang get writing credits for "Anybody Seen My Baby"? A song that she didn't write? Because Jagger stole the melody from her. But maybe you are talking jurisprudence now?
There you are perfectly right. By adding her as a song writer they avoided prosecution.
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Rocky Dijon
The Trad. Arr. credit for "Love in Vain" or "Stop Breaking Down" was not a mistake. You cannot credit a song to a writer who has no publisher. Once Robert Johnson's family (or those who claimed kinship at any rate) put things to right, ABKCO made amends with back royalties and credit.
In the case of "Anybody Seen My Baby" I agree with Mick it wasn't that similar and didn't need a concession made. I also see Virgin's point that if k. d. lang's publishing company did sue, it would have been the sort of bad publicity the album didn't need. They played it safe. One wonders if a backdoor deal wasn't made with Motown over "Out of Control." As it was, they had to settle out of court with Slim Gaillard's son over "Saint of Me" after he claimed the chorus was stolen from his song, "Oh Yeah." Have a listen to Mark Gaillard's work from the period and it's at least possible though this isn't the song in question since I couldn't locate it.
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Rocky Dijon
If someone honestly thinks Mick stole Patrick Alley's song, I'd suspect they never bothered to listen to it. Hard to believe the suit actually made it to court on the basis of the chorus alone. Good on Mick and CBS for not offering to settle.
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Likewise Virgin's lawyers were way too nervous over the similar melody to "Constant Craving" in the case of "Anybody Seen My Baby." Again, hardly "stolen."
Anyone believing Keith's daughter was the person who brought this up probably believes Muddy Waters was painting the ceiling at Chess Records in 1964.
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Funny how we rarely have posts accusing Keith of ripping off "Thunder Island" for "Start Me Up."
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Stoneage
And why did K D Lang get writing credits for "Anybody Seen My Baby"? A song that she didn't write? Because Jagger stole the melody from her. But maybe you are talking jurisprudence now?
There you are perfectly right. By adding her as a song writer they avoided prosecution.
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lem motlow
Anybody seen my baby was the Stones at their best and simultaneously at their most pathetic.
It was a beautiful song and then in some misguided effort to seem current or edgy or who knows what they put a rap sequence in the middle of it.
This was akin to Clint Eastwood’s gunfighter character having the small cigar lit,the eyes squinted ...and then making a goofy face at the camera.
WTFck were you thinking? Aerosmith had meshed rap and rock in an epic manner 13 YEARS before.it didn’t fit in the song,it destroyed the flow,and seemed like people trying to be hip and failing miserably.
Is there really no one there who can speak up and say these things to them?
Then the corporate Stones Machine took over,oh god it sounds like someone else’s song,call The lawyers!!
The saddest part of the Vegas Corporate Stones is that it never crossed their minds to call a fellow musician,play the song for her and ask her ”are you cool with this?”
A few years later KD Lang was on the same flight as Mick and thanked him for the credit,she also told him she would have never sued them.
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Stoneage
As Keith says, Jagger didn't steal the song deliberately of course. I can't fathom though that people can't hear the similarities between the songs. I heard it instantly because K.D Lang's song was a big hit then.
You don't need absolute pitch to hear it. Angela Richards heard it instantly according to Keith.
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Stoneage
And why did K D Lang get writing credits for "Anybody Seen My Baby"? A song that she didn't write? Because Jagger stole the melody from her. But maybe you are talking jurisprudence now?
There you are perfectly right. By adding her as a song writer they avoided prosecution.
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35love
exilestones, you got good stuff man! ><
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Rocky Dijon
Funny how we rarely have posts accusing Keith of ripping off "Thunder Island" for "Start Me Up."
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Rocky Dijon
The Trad. Arr. credit for "Love in Vain" or "Stop Breaking Down" was not a mistake. You cannot credit a song to a writer who has no publisher. Once Robert Johnson's family (or those who claimed kinship at any rate) put things to right, ABKCO made amends with back royalties and credit.