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Topic subjecthe's a great writer, but he frequently goes off on weird tangents.
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12749614, he's a great writer, but he frequently goes off on weird tangents.
Posted by Joe Corn Mo, Thu Mar-12-15 12:15 PM
this is one of them.

pharell changed it.
if pharell didn't change it enough...
I don't know what the standard is.

doesn't remind you of another song?

I can't see how that can be a standard.
you can't write a song without jacking someone.


>some weights comments are being "glazed over". i especially
>like this part:
>
>>Okay, Mr. Williams. You are wrong. Both of the tunes are
>>actually in Major. The difference is that your song is just
>a
>>major triad “G-B-D over G” and Gaye’s tune is in
>>Dominant Major which means he flatted the 7th degree of the
>>scale (G-C#-E over A), which would explain why y’all’s
>>song sounds like Oktoberfest and Marvin’s song sounds like
>>the Blues. And Marvin’s tune doesn’t go into minor until
>>the bridge. If that monotonous piece of trash you call a
>song
>>had a bridge, you probably would have stolen it, too. And
>just
>>because you and Thicke lowered the key a whole step from A
>to
>>G and removed the Blues doesn’t mean you didn’t steal
>it.
>>Thicke has already admitted you did.
>>
>
>just because its not the same key, as ppl have wanted to zoom
>in on all throughout this thread, doesnt mean it isnt a rip.
>and just because you add in a note or remove a note in the
>bassline (making a note by note comparison of the 2
>compositions appear nonidentical) doesnt mean it isnt a rip.
>pharrell was lazy...they made the song in 15 mins, and the
>original idea was marvins song. he thought he changed it up
>enuff to avoid problems...he didnt. true enough all of this
>stuff is a slippery slope, but pharrell didnt do
>enough...bottom line.