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Robin Thicke & Pharrell Williams’ ‘Blurred Lines’ has been adored and admired by swaths of fans for many different reasons, agreeably the first of which is no doubt Emily Ratajkowski. However Marvin Gaye’s family are singing a different tune.
Earlier in the week, jurors concluded that Thicke & Williams did indeed copy aspects of Gaye’s 1977 hit ‘Got to Give it up’. In turn, they awarded the Gaye family a large settlement, it was decided that the pair copied chord progressions and certain notes from Gaye’s original piece.
The estate accrued the large settlement from the anti-Gaye pair, one which is alleged to be around the 7.3 million dollar mark. Far from the initial 25 million sought by the Gaye’s, the settlement no doubt digs deep into the bottomless pockets of both Thicke & Williams.
With times not being the same as they once were, it will be interesting to see how this case affects not only Thicke’s career but also the now 41 year old Williams. Indeed, having one of your largest and most recent hits vilified in court is probably not ideal for Skateboard P’s music career.
In the future, we’re sure that Thicke will pay more attention to the not so blurry lines (sorry) of copyright law and try to create solely original pieces.
Co-collaborator T.I weighed in on the issue, saying maybe all the Gayes needed was a little ‘sexual healing’ (sorry, not sorry) and that because Marvin is ‘dead and gone’ the Gaye family should get ‘whatever they like’ as long as he doesn’t have to give up any of his own.
(T.I never said that, but we wish he did).
