Marv Gaye’s Children Use Aud Mashup to Prove ‘Blurred L’ Is Ingg – The Hollywood Reporter

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• ED SHEERAN SGS, PLAYS GUAR MASHUP OF MARV GAYE SONG AT NEW YORK CY PYRIGHT TRIAL
• MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN USE AUD MASHUP TO PROVE ‘BLURRED L’ IS INGG
• THIS RATT & MARVIN GAYE MASHUP IS SO, SO FRIGG' CATCHY
• ED SHEERAN WHIPS OUT GUAR COURT, BATTL MARV GAYE RIP-OFF RAP WH MASHUP
• ED SHEERAN’S LIVE MARV GAYE MASH-UP SONG IS ‘SMOKG GUN’, LAWYER CLAIMS
• LISTEN TO THE MASH-UP THAT PROV ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG TO MAKE 'BLURRED L'
• MARV GAYE
• ED SHEERAN SGS, PLAYS GUAR MASHUP OF MARV GAYE SONG AT NEW YORK CY PYRIGHT TRIAL

ED SHEERAN SGS, PLAYS GUAR MASHUP OF MARV GAYE SONG AT NEW YORK CY PYRIGHT TRIAL

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTLOWER MANHATTAN -- Ed Sheeran picked up his guar and performed a mash-up of his songs and Marv Gaye's as he tried to monstrate how mon the four-chord progrsn is for his h "Thkg Out Loud. On Monday, Marv Gaye‘s children livered a msage to a California feral judge: Hearg is believg, so listen up.

MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN USE AUD MASHUP TO PROVE ‘BLURRED L’ IS INGG

Nona Gaye, Frankie Gaye and Marv Gaye III have now filed their summary judgment papers a lawsu over “Blurred L” and are potg the judge to rerd posns and media terviews given by producer Pharrell Williams and sger Rob Thicke. The children have also submted an d mash-up that’s tend to serve as “ncrete mil illtratns of the substantial siari” between last year’s huge h and Gaye’s “Got to Give Up. This past July, the platiffs suggted their own summary judgment papers that the Gay “smelled money” when assertg a pyright gement.

The Gaye children ed fired unterclaims October 2013, but they want noted who sued first. Acrdg to the Gay’ bid for summary judgment, “Not only was , therefore, Thicke and Williams who actually ‘smelled money, ’ but was they who then played the role of bully by sug Marv Gaye’s children when the Gaye children had the temery to qutn why their father was not creded, or why ‘Got to Give Up’ was not licensed, bettg that the Gaye children would not have the will or rourc to fight this battle. Unfortunately, much of the posn ttimony has been sealed and redacted, but acrdg to a claratn by the Gay‘ lawyer, Richard Bch, Williams has stated that he envisned himself as Marv Gaye while makg the song.

THIS RATT & MARVIN GAYE MASHUP IS SO, SO FRIGG' CATCHY

In theory, the Gaye children should have an easier time on their unterclaims than most platiffs pyright ligatn. The Gaye children say that wh or whout the applitn of the verse-ratn le, they should prevail. If that’s not enough, the Gay have two expert milogists scribg eight substantial siari: “(1) the signature phrase the ma vol melodi; (2) the hooks; (3) the hooks wh backup vols; (4) the re theme ‘Blurred L’ and backup hook ‘Got to Give Up’; (5) the backup hooks; (6) the bass melodi; (7) the keyboard parts; and (8) the unual percsn choic.

The Gay also reject the notn that other songs nstute prr art. The full summary judgment papers are below — absent the mash-up, which we hope to provi soon — and also argue why Thicke’s “Love After War” should be seen as an gement of Gaye’s “After the Dance.

ED SHEERAN WHIPS OUT GUAR COURT, BATTL MARV GAYE RIP-OFF RAP WH MASHUP

” Fally, attorneys for the Gaye children attempt to nvce U.

ED SHEERAN’S LIVE MARV GAYE MASH-UP SONG IS ‘SMOKG GUN’, LAWYER CLAIMS

“They filed papers sultg the fay of the great Marv Gaye, ” says Bch. What do you get when you mash up the stmentals of Ratt's 1984 hair metal track "Round And Round" and Marv Gaye's 1968 soulful monster h "Heard It Through The Grapeve" to one track?

Ed Sheeran brought his guar to a New York urtroom this week to make a legal statement, mashg up several popular songs wh his h “Thkg Out Loud, ” which stands acced of rippg off the Marv Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.

LISTEN TO THE MASH-UP THAT PROV ROB THICKE AND PHARRELL PIED A MARV GAYE SONG TO MAKE 'BLURRED L'

The tate of late mician Ed Townsend, who -wrote the 1973 h “Let’s Get It On” wh Gaye, claimed that Sheeran’s song pied key elements, cludg the melody, harmony and rhythm. A lawyer for the heirs of Marv Gaye’s -wrer told jurors he has “smokg gun” proof that Ed Sheeran’s “Thkg Out Loud” pied elements of Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On. Sheeran has been sued by the heirs of Ed Townsend, the songwrer who posed the anthem wh Gaye.

MARV GAYE

On Tuday, a jury led that sgers Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke pied parts of Marv Gaye's h 1977 song "Got to Give It Up" to create "Blurred L, " and  award $7.

3 ln to Gaye's the sgers nied pyg the late Gaye's mic, Gaye's children sued Thicke and Williams, sayg the duo's song ged the pyright of their father's part of the Gay' se, they submted an d mash-up tend to serve as "ncrete mil illtratns of the substantial siari" between "Blurred L" and "Got to Give Up. "This material sounds like a perfect, natural match bee blends sonilly, " says the summary judgment that's not enough, the Gay have two expert milogists scribg eight substantial siari: "(1) the signature phrase the ma vol melodi; (2) the hooks; (3) the hooks wh backup vols; (4) the re theme 'Blurred L' and backup hook 'Got to Give Up'; (5) the backup hooks; (6) the bass melodi; (7) the keyboard parts; and (8) the unual percsn choic.

ED SHEERAN SGS, PLAYS GUAR MASHUP OF MARV GAYE SONG AT NEW YORK CY PYRIGHT TRIAL

Ed Sheeran said Monday he's gettg enuragement durg his pyright trial om other performers who also worry that they'll be sued as he battl claims that he stole material om Marv Gaye's "Let's Get It On" to make a new tune a Brish sger offered a spired fense and a lot of sgg durg a send day on the wns stand after he was lled by his lawyer to answer qutns at a trial at which he is acced of gg the pyrights of the 1973 soul classic Gaye created wh fellow songwrer Ed Townsend. Marv Gaye.