Elvis in the news re possible plagiarism
Elvis in the news re possible plagiarism
A rare sighting of Elvis on the BBC news pages:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57650176
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57650176
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Seems to have been picked up everywhere. Elvis responded to a tweet by @biiilyedwards ,
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He didn't sue Escape Club for "Wild Wild West", so of course he'd let this go.
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I think Elvis' response is excellent and does him great credit. He could presumably have pursued it and squeezed a few quid out of it, but compared with that, the value of being seen online to chuckle and say 'hey, who cares...we all do it!' is excellent PR and casts him in a very positive light. I think he's dealt with this brilliantly (and generously). OK, you could argue that the value for Elvis of getting his face flagged up on a bunch of news-sites as a generous person with a sense of humour is probably worth more to him than the few thousand quid he'd have squeezed out of a plagiarism case. So it's a canny move, but also a kind and well-humoured one.
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Of course he would let it slide. He has always boasted about this -- it's very much a part of who he is -- blending, imitating, interpreting, and this goes well beyond just borrowing of riffs. Even look at his stage name . . . . "Elvis Costello" suggests this. Or the "Imposters" for that matter, though that feels like more of a reference to the original band.
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Olivia Rodrigo and the Attractions!
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Give us more of this - rather than just Spanish language versions!
Listen: https://ymaginatif.bandcamp.com/
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Ymaginatif wrote:Give us more of this - rather than just Spanish language versions!
Absolutely - love this mashup ! I wonder who made this, ? maybe one of the twins ? Imaginative and cool!
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The mashup is by someone called iWillBattle, who has dozens of (non-EC) mashups available here:
https://iwillbattlemashups.wordpress.com
https://iwillbattlemashups.wordpress.com
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Thanks ANCT, interesting range of work !And No Coffee Table wrote:The mashup is by someone called iWillBattle, who has dozens of (non-EC) mashups available here:
https://iwillbattlemashups.wordpress.com
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Just an excuse to listen to this again. A mashup from way back when.
https://m.soundcloud.com/shanitn/go-hom ... on-192kbps
https://m.soundcloud.com/shanitn/go-hom ... on-192kbps
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From EC's Instagram: EC meets Olivia Rodrigo.
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EC looking smart in that suit. And Olivia, well... yeah.