Reading the News (App) on my iPad - from WIRED about (Facebook) Messenger, which directed me to the Trailer for “The Social Network” which (I FRIGGING LOVE THAT MOVIE) and the theme song is “Creep” by Radiohead. If I had never heard bohemian rhapsody and by chance came across the same song while writing, somebody would point to me: look, this has been done before, only much better and, by the way, you cannot sing and your guitar playing sucks. It’s not about not conciously copying something, it’s about making it so you cannot be accused of copying anybody. I mean, I am no famous songwriter, but i have a small collection of songs that i had to throw away because somebody pointed to me they sounded very similar to songs I had never heard before. It’s a copy, and I cannot understand how Lana had the guts to publish something that so blatantly screams ‘what the hell am I doing here’. On the other hand, the melody of Lana’s song follows Creep almost note by note and, most importantly, uses exactly the same unusual flourishes in exactly the same places. But, how many songs were written using exactly the same chord progressions?
The melodies are completely different, and it’s just the chord progression that’s spot on. There’s a big difference between creep and the air that i breathe. Basically, Radiohead was pushed into a corner - and given the similarity between ‘Creep’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe,’ there’s a strong chance it was blatantly copied.Īll of which raises the question: should the Hollies be suing Lana Del Rey instead of Radiohead? Indeed, maybe Radiohead shouldn’t be suing at all - especially since it’s completely unclear if they actually wrote ‘Creep’ in the first place. But oftentimes, a settlement is forged to quickly resolve a matter and avoid a damning judgment. Technically, an out-of-court settlement doesn’t mean that Radiohead is guilty. Which means they earn a percentage of every publishing dollar generated by ‘Creep’ (and that’s a lot of dollars). The result? Both Hammond and Hazlewood received a writer’s credit on ‘Creep’. In fact, Radiohead was originally threatened with an aggressive lawsuit from Hollies authors Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. We’re not the first to see the similarity. Take a listen to this track from the Hollies, recorded in 1972 (the track subsequently became a hit in 1974). But Radiohead refused that offer, which means the pair will be squaring off in court. That has given pitbull lawyers all the ammunition they need to chase down supposed copyright violations - though this claim isn’t so far-fetched.Īccordingly, Lana Del Rey offered to hand Radiohead 40% of her publishing on ‘Get Free,’ just to settle the matter. Accordingly, he lost the copyright case, leaving a questionable precedent in its wake. That’s exactly what happened to George Harrison, who was found guilty of plagiarizing the Chiffons’ ‘He’s So Fine,’ even though he wasn’t thinking of the song when he wrote, ‘My Sweet Lord’.īut Harrison admitted that the song might have been dancing in his subconsciousness when he wrote ‘My Sweet Lord’.
Even if Lana Del Rey wasn’t consciously thinking about ‘Creep’ while writing ‘Get Free,’ she could still be liable for infringement. Little did he know that a creeper would want to blow him up in a different way.Lana del Rey responded to Radiohead’s attorneys and told them that ‘Creep’ wasn’t an inspiration for ‘Get Free’ (though of course she’s familiar with the iconic song).īut here’s where copyright cases can get tricky. When the video ended, Felix still wanted to get in some grinding before he logged off. LuminescentGhosts Fandoms: PewDiePie - Fandom, Minecraft (Video Game)įelix never knew saying he'd frick a creeper would ever amount to anything.
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