Sheeran’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” bears “striking similarities” to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” according to the estate of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 song. WATCH the ABC News live stream here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Watch more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https ://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #news #EdSheeran #CopyrightInfringement #Trial #ABCNLUpdate
Original source (ABC/Youtube)
What a way to make a income sueing other artist over three cords while one is screaming and the other is actually singing meaningful words. Ed will win this suit. The family to the screaming person needs to find income some other way than sueing people
They sound nothing alike to me, but it would help to hear it without the vocals, if possible.
If it wasn't for petty people, media and greed, I never would have made the connection that these sound the same.
So let’s not get it on. Sorry Im just thinking out loud
Black people's lyrics, beat, singing styles, melodies, and dancing moves have been stolen from them with impunity for centuries. Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, etc… The list is endless. Enough is enough already.
People please understand that the British can not stop themselves from stealing. Don't believe me ?? Ask the Native American Indians. Case closed.
I really don't hear it to be honest. Like they are similar but I never recognized it the same. I would have never even known what they were talking about if you didn't point it out.
Why not simply appreciate the various chords and arrangements? For decades, some managers and record labels have been found to blatantly take advantage of their 'legally contracted' recording artists. Excessive greed, along with an increasing litigious activity, is plaguing our society.
They are both trash lol
I don't think so.
This is just embarrassing. Go make your own money, leave Ed alone.🙄
defined technicalities in law are worked around for taxes, zoning, citations, etc. .and of course, there has to be definitions for copyright infringement. But, the artistic creative process in music cannot raise a flag of "i was influenced by my favorite artist" intentionally, regardless of the law, to justify using another piece as the foundation of creativity. Even 20 seconds (or so) of samples is mandated to credit the original work. Music creativity is infinite – rhythm, accompaniment, melody, lyrics, timbre – truly unlimited. Sheeran should lose the case, and probably won't based on law, but should to send a strong message to artists to create their own music without intentionally "borrowing" from previous artists' work. With so much of new music being computer generated and fixed manipulation, the push should be to keep it human invention – key word: invention.
Who cares
His like the Barbara cartland of pop!
I don't hear it at all. If i was sheeran i'd say thx for the compliment i guess?
"Thinking out Loud" doesn't not sound original at all. I thought it was a cover.
It's not the same!
There's only so many chords on a guitar. 😮😂😂
What else is new?..😳😳😳😳😳..Of course he did!!!!!!
Kansas' "Dust in the Wind" Vs Fleetwood Macs "Landslide are almost the same song! I'm not sure but artist seem to be more forgiving as opposed to money grabbing Family members. I hope Mr. Sheehan's defense demonstrate how artist like Jackson Brown and Don McClean wrote songs much more similar than then Sheeran's vs the scammers. McClean marketed as "NEW" to the record labels "Starry night", "Empty Chairs" and and "I love you so with" all three have remarkable similarities focusing on very similar patterns of the g chord. My argument would be if the artists markets a similar song as "new" that could not meet the Townsend hounds smell test, than why should Sheeran be held to task.
I'm not so sure it it fair to say that the actual artist should be able to violate his own copywrite by allegedly fooling the consumer. Ed Sheeran is being scammed in the same manner Foggerty was being sued by copying his own style. There are only so many variation of the chords. When I heard and played the song in question I never recognized any similarities between the two because tempo, style and the subject matter become mitigating factors. If the consumer does not immediately recognize the song as being copied than it is my opinion that it is a "new" song . I hope Mr. Sheehan wins and I hope Ed Townsend's family get stuck with the lawyer bills.
Moreover Jackson Browne, moved his capo from 5th fret to first because his voice changed with age, does he have rights to similar songs in different keys?. Maybe? But if you sing in the key of G and someone else song is in the same key what is a artist suppose to do?
Please note I love and respect Don McClean and would expect him to sue me if I wrote a song entitled "Bye Bye South American Fly."
Typical not even close. Who‼️money grabbing fools
This is absolutely absurd. Do you know how many songs out there have very similar chord progressions!!?? There are only a number of notes/chords in music scales. If people are allowed to copyright the progression of those chords, no one would be making music anymore because they would be “used up” lol. Imagine when rock and roll, grunge, punk, etc first came out and people started playing similar sounding music because of the genre and those people were constantly sued. It’s a very petty far reach. Shame
He looks like a used Q-tip
bobby mcferrins dont worry be happy vs 4 non blodes whats up was much more similar in tune but not this one.
This case needs to be tossed out
Ed wouldn’t never do copyright infringement. I’ve heard both songs many many times before and Ed’s song is just used like ABC said it’s about him using building blocks.
This is ridiculous. It also sounds like that song by Abba, er what was it called again, oh yeah "MONEY MONEY MONEY"😊
🤦🏻♀️😂 smh
Please just STOP! 😂
This is so so not true
As an artist I will sue everyone who uses the same colors as I do in my painting particularly any combination of red, blue, and yellow
The two songs do share nearly the same chord progression, rhythm and bass line (Thinking Out Loud is a 1/2 step down), but the melodies are completely different. The problem with the claim is that "Lets get it On"" wasn't the first song to use it. I imagine there are a lot of songs that use the same progression. Its stupid that this is even been entertained. Its like claiming ownership of a grammatical structure in language. Adam Neely did an musical analysis of this suit 4 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpi4d3YM79Q
I must also say, nobody owns music get over yourself
They sound nothing alike OMG
Not even close
Ridiculous
Counter sue the Townsends…vile greedy people.
They sound nothing alike