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12747459, know what's MOST ridiculous about this? GTGIU is a ripoff itself.
Posted by PROMO, Tue Mar-10-15 06:55 PM
Gaye himself said that he made Got To Give It Up inspired off of Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady".

From Rolling Stone: "Williams also shrugged off the notion that the "Blurred Lines" lyrics "Shake around, get up, get down" closely resembled the line "Move it up, turn it round, shake it down" on "Got to Give It Up." "In the average black family of the Seventies, that's what we do when a song comes on," he said, according to THR. "That's what my dad used to say."

Now what's funny is the lyrics they are referring to in GTGIU are ripped off almost word for word from Disco Lady. which is all to say this is a dumb ass decision and Gaye's family needs to have several seats. i hope this goes to appeal and is reversed.

i really wonder if Gaye was alive today if he HIMSELF woulda sued Pharrell/Thicke, but i have to doubt it.