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Topic subjectIf Thicke were Black and Marvin were white, you'd be ok with this
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2835251, If Thicke were Black and Marvin were white, you'd be ok with this
Posted by Cold Truth, Fri Aug-23-13 06:20 PM
>lets remember a 3rd or 4th tier act like THicke is getting
>support as to a Musical Genius like marvin Gaye who is
>Black, it figures.
>
>everybody with two good ears and no agenda knows Got to give
>it up paved the way for that circus farce known as Blurred
>lines.

You'd actually be talking about the facts of how the songs are constructed differently, how the notation isn't the same, how both songs use extremely common elements of many songs, and shit like that en route to you calling the white guy in the discussion a jive ass turkey while you praise the black guy for his Genius and how he was merely influenced by the Original track and Made it Better because that Jive Turkey of a white boy don't have no soul.