Did Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' rip from Marvin Gaye's 'Gotta Give It Up'?

[SunnyD]

I do think it was probably inspired by the Gaye song but it's not actionably similar.

This.

In fact, the latest Rolling Stone column about it cites 3 Thicke songs that supposedly rip off Gaye. I listened to all three of each. I found all three songs significantly different from each's counterpart.

Was Thicke inspired by Gaye? Probably. But he didn't "rip off" Gaye at all, at least not in a Vanilla Ice sort of way.

 

[Miramonti]

Too safe for work 🙁

(Emily Ratajkowski, altho perhaps NSFW, if you're actually at work. 😉)

 

[preslove]

Taking 'inspiration' like that is extremely common in music. Watch any of those making-of-whatever-classic-album documentaries on netflix and the musicians will talk about taking part of one classic song and then turning it into the basis of theirs.

 

[SlitheryDee]

There are similarities, but I wouldn't call that ripping.

 

[NFS4]

i think it's a rip off of this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3twwafch4g

ahahahahaha

 

[ElFenix]

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...bchella--013---robin-thicke----blurred-lines-

 

[Kadarin]

Love the uncensored video of this 🙂

 

[Miramonti]

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...bchella--013---robin-thicke----blurred-lines-

Much more appreciation seeing him do it live so well.

Song of the summer?...nah, lol. Video of the summer?? Doh! hail yeah.

Here's the real song of the summer, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, on Fallon.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Much more appreciation seeing him do it live so well.

Song of the summer?...nah, lol. Video of the summer?? Doh! hail yeah.

Here's the real song of the summer, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, on Fallon.

The real song of the summer of 2013 is a song that was released in early 2012? You sound like a Grammy voter.

 

[blankslate]

WTF gives a FF!?

 

[Miramonti]

The real song of the summer of 2013 is a song that was released in early 2012? You sound like a Grammy voter.

ah, such hostility.

 

[Balt]

I dunno, but the un-edited version is 200x better.

I was unaware of its existence.

God bless.

 

[alkemyst]

Taking 'inspiration' like that is extremely common in music. Watch any of those making-of-whatever-classic-album documentaries on netflix and the musicians will talk about taking part of one classic song and then turning it into the basis of theirs.

QFT, unless you sampled something then all bets are off.

Hell Katy Perry's Roar sounds almost like Sara Bareilles' Brave

 

[Iron Woode]

Guy has talent. Live version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HLrT00dA4

best live version ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZjaqHioro