09-04-2014, 19:04
Lost amidst all this admiration which approaches fetishizing is that they were intensely competitive especially as regards a particular American band. They stacked up better as they had 4 songwriters vs. 1 maybe 1-1/2, they had outside arrangement/production vs. being self-done and most importantly, didn't succumb to drugs. Imagine a world in which Brian Wilson had not gone bonkers...This convo might be very different.
Oh, and about plagiarizing: If the author of the original song goes along with it or mere snippets are used, then it's creative re-purposing, not plagiarism. Robin Thicke plagiarized; Paul Weller and modern samplers, not so much.
Oh, and about plagiarizing: If the author of the original song goes along with it or mere snippets are used, then it's creative re-purposing, not plagiarism. Robin Thicke plagiarized; Paul Weller and modern samplers, not so much.