![]() There’s no telling how a jazz musician will react to a bad review, whether from a critic or fellow player. Their version arguably comes up a better top-line melody in the verses, but the chorus just lifts the catchy synth motif from both the Gregory and Jarreau versions.īought: HMV Megastore, Oxford Street, 1988? ![]() They’ve just ‘replayed’ Gregory Jackson’s original. Kelis/Pharrell/Chad haven’t even bothered to change key. Now compare that with ‘No Ordinary Romance’, credited to Michael Gregory, which features on the 1983 album Situation-X and also Al Jarreau’s L Is For Lover from 1986, both produced by Nile Rodgers: Let’s investigate the track ‘Roller Rink’ from Kelis’s great 1999 album Kaleidoscope which, according to the credits, Pharrell co-wrote with Chad Hugo and Kelis. Trumpet player, composer and blogger Nicholas Payton has written eloquently and passionately about the whys and wherefores of the ‘Blurred Lines’ case.īut maybe it shouldn’t be all that surprising – Pharrell seems to have previous. So it’s official – Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke ripped off Marvellous Marvin’s ‘Got To Give It Up’ when they wrote ‘Blurred Lines’ in just one hour (though Thicke denies having any input into the writing of the song).Īnd The Guardian reports that Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ may now be in the Gaye family’s sights too due to its alleged similarity to ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’.
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