> > What I meant was that if you ask a musician directly, they are > > often modest and ready to acknowledge influences, where as the > > marketing people come up with all that 'best band in the world' > > or 'greatest singer of all time' stuff. > > Yes, that's usually the case, with notable braggart exceptions... > <cough>Oasis</cough> I actually heard one of the Gallagher brothers claim that the opening to 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' was not a direct lift from Get it On by T Rex (released as Bang a Gong in the US for some bizzare censorship reason). He claimed it was a standard blues riff - yeh, right. With four of the five members of T Rex now dead, I guess their estates didn't have the money to mount a legal challenge. I suppose that's what intellectual property is all about - if you can afford a team of lawyers, then you've got those rights. Cheers Daniel
