Daniel, I hope you were being facetious (it's hard to detect sarcasm in print). That is a standard blues riff. Jan On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 03:52, Daniel James wrote: > > > 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
