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bossmt_2 t1_j6f9mqf wrote

Reply to comment by DraxtortheLock in Rick Astley sues Yung Gravy over alleged Never Gonna Give You Up imitation by redlightist

Yeah and the Verve cleared to sample the Orchestral Version of the Last Time, they still were sued and lost songwriting credits

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DraxtortheLock t1_j6fesgu wrote

That's because the agreement was for something like a few notes of the original song, not interpolation. Interpolating is literally rerecording the same song essentially, instead of sampling like Verve had alleged in their agreement.

Besides this lawsuit isn't even about the song itself, it's about them having someone essentially impersonating Astley. Not the lyrics themselves.

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bossmt_2 t1_j6flvcq wrote

Bittersweet symphony was a sample. It wasn't an interpolation. Interpolation is Gangsta's Paradise interpolating Pasttime Paradise. Interpolation is what Yung Gravy is doing when he takes the melody of Never Gonna Give You Up and sings different words.

Bittersweet Symphony doesn't take the melody from the Last Time. It samples the riff which they got permission to do. But what happened is a lawsuit from essentially a greedy manager who owned the Stones Catalogue and wanted to make a ton of money and knew they had the Verve over the barrel.

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