Comments on: “Still Got The Blues” stolen? http://www.mysterylyrics.info/still-got-the-blues-stolen/ Back to the Roots Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Les paul http://www.mysterylyrics.info/still-got-the-blues-stolen/comment-page-1/#comment-5176 Les paul Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.mysterylyrics.info/?p=814#comment-5176 That german is one greedy f*cker... Gary is the greatist guitarist ever!!! That german is one greedy f*cker… Gary is the greatist guitarist ever!!!

]]> By: Dave http://www.mysterylyrics.info/still-got-the-blues-stolen/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 Dave Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:48:46 +0000 http://www.mysterylyrics.info/?p=814#comment-3430 Hi Ellie :) I must admit it's the first time I've heard any similarities between Gary Moore and Lionel Ritchie, but this song from Winter does sort of bring it together ... I do think it is Winter's right to stake his claim if he feels that his song has been copied, and this court case has been going on for a number of years, so I don't think it's a case of him having waited too long. The court in question by the way has stressed that the decision in favor of winter was influenced by the fact that the riff is played in the same key at the same speed and with the same timbre, making it very unlikely (so the reasoning) that Gary Moore could have arrived at the same melody without having heard the original. Onlookers have in the between time pointed out similarities to other pieces of music, going back as far as Beethoven. However I was talking to Caro about this the other day - her first reaction was "It's (Still Got  The Blues) a Blues ... how could it have been stolen?". That kind of says it all I think :) By the way, I have since posting the story heard that the Youtube version of Winters song was recorded in 2007, so one has to be careful on that account I would say .... At any rate, Moores lawyers are expected to file an objection against the verdict, so I think we haven't heard the last of this Hi Ellie :) I must admit it’s the first time I’ve heard any similarities between Gary Moore and Lionel Ritchie, but this song from Winter does sort of bring it together …

I do think it is Winter’s right to stake his claim if he feels that his song has been copied, and this court case has been going on for a number of years, so I don’t think it’s a case of him having waited too long. The court in question by the way has stressed that the decision in favor of winter was influenced by the fact that the riff is played in the same key at the same speed and with the same timbre, making it very unlikely (so the reasoning) that Gary Moore could have arrived at the same melody without having heard the original.

Onlookers have in the between time pointed out similarities to other pieces of music, going back as far as Beethoven.

However I was talking to Caro about this the other day – her first reaction was “It’s (Still Got  The Blues) a Blues … how could it have been stolen?”. That kind of says it all I think :)

By the way, I have since posting the story heard that the Youtube version of Winters song was recorded in 2007, so one has to be careful on that account I would say ….

At any rate, Moores lawyers are expected to file an objection against the verdict, so I think we haven’t heard the last of this

]]> By: Ellie http://www.mysterylyrics.info/still-got-the-blues-stolen/comment-page-1/#comment-3428 Ellie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:56:49 +0000 http://www.mysterylyrics.info/?p=814#comment-3428 This song happens to be one of the staples of my music with Griff n* ... I do hear a similarity with the two, but also with a Lionel Ritchie piece as well. So, is Winter going after Ritchie? Moore is cleaner, sharper, and sounds a whole lot better than "the original", but that's just my opinion.  I wonder why it took so long for Winter to put in a claim. Twenty-six years is quite a gap.  "Stolen" says Moore was dishonest,  but I don't think that's the case. I will have to admit that I'd have not listened to 12 minutes of the original. I just don't think it's very good. The riff is a lot better than the other melody in the piece, again, just my opinion and seems to me to be rather strange. It will be an interesting follow-up to see what kind of money Winter gets out of this. This song happens to be one of the staples of my music with Griff n* … I do hear a similarity with the two, but also with a Lionel Ritchie piece as well. So, is Winter going after Ritchie? Moore is cleaner, sharper, and sounds a whole lot better than “the original”, but that’s just my opinion.  I wonder why it took so long for Winter to put in a claim. Twenty-six years is quite a gap.  “Stolen” says Moore was dishonest,  but I don’t think that’s the case. I will have to admit that I’d have not listened to 12 minutes of the original. I just don’t think it’s very good. The riff is a lot better than the other melody in the piece, again, just my opinion and seems to me to be rather strange. It will be an interesting follow-up to see what kind of money Winter gets out of this.

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