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Music Appreciation

ItsjustMe

(11,252 posts) Sun Apr 30, 2023, 12:42 PM Apr 2023

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Ed Sheeran didn't copy Marvin Gaye ... he copied a different soul song - David Bennett Piano

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Ed Sheeran didn't copy Marvin Gaye ... he copied a different soul song - David Bennett Piano (Original Post) ItsjustMe Apr 2023 OP

He took the same chord progression as Let's Get It On Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #1

M'Eh ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #2

The lawsuit is bogus IMO. Slightly different chords. Different melody. Beakybird Apr 2023 #3

Fiendish Thingy

(15,684 posts)

1. He took the same chord progression as Let's Get It On

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Apr 30, 2023, 12:51 PM

Apr 2023

Years ago, my band did a mashup of the Sheeran and Marvin songs, and they fit together seamlessly.

ProfessorGAC

(65,239 posts)

2. M'Eh

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Apr 30, 2023, 01:40 PM

Apr 2023

The similarities are clear, but there's a vast gulf between being influenced & copying.
I hear the former, not the latter.

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

3. The lawsuit is bogus IMO. Slightly different chords. Different melody.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Apr 30, 2023, 02:59 PM

Apr 2023

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