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"In 1988, Fantasy Records, the company that owned the rights to Fogerty’s CCR classics, sued Fogerty for releasing a song that — get this — sounded too similar
by bruceb 11y ago
"In 1988, Fantasy Records, the company that owned the rights to Fogerty’s CCR classics, sued Fogerty for releasing a song that — get this — sounded too similar to one of Fogerty’s earlier CCR songs."
"Sounding like" in the title makes it seems he was sued for having the same voice (as himself) but is more like he wrote a song that was very similar to one that has already been written.
He would not have been able to sell his songs for as much if he can then just create a song that is nearly the same afterwards. Hardly as outrageous as the title implies.
- fabulist 11y agoThe title is a quote from Fogerty, so I think it is appropriate. Additionally, I took the correct impression from "sounding like."
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