Earlier this morning, nerd hero and singer Jonathan Coulton tweeted out that Fox’s choir club show Glee had ripped off his cover of Sir Mixalot’s Baby Got Back. I retweeted it because the similarities were too close to ignore.
But, on further listening, it appears that the show may have not just copied the arrangement of the song, which features Coulton’s trademark smooth melody and pacing. Coulton changed some of the lyrics to the song, saying ‘Johnny C’s in trouble’ instead of ‘Mix a lot’s in trouble’ in a later verse. Coulton says that he’s even hearing audio in the track that seems to indicate that parts of his recording may have been used.
Source: TheNextWeb
But, on further listening, it appears that the show may have not just copied the arrangement of the song, which features Coulton’s trademark smooth melody and pacing. Coulton changed some of the lyrics to the song, saying ‘Johnny C’s in trouble’ instead of ‘Mix a lot’s in trouble’ in a later verse. Coulton says that he’s even hearing audio in the track that seems to indicate that parts of his recording may have been used.
Source: TheNextWeb
Hey look, @gleeonfox ripped off my cover of Baby Got Back: bit.ly/WME9Ho. Never even contacted me. Classy.
— Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton) January 18, 2013
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Not so cool from the Glee team!!! It is clearly a rip off from Jonathan Coulton! Not cool at all!
ReplyDeleteexactly the same not on
ReplyDeleteYes. Glee does this thing all the time. Even though it's ethically dodgy, they know they can legally get away with doing covers of covers.
ReplyDeleteUgh, I love JoCo! I hope they at least mention him in this episode. And then send him some money. Glee fail.
ReplyDeleteJeez they didn't even try did they? Its clearly the same arrangement.
ReplyDeletethey also used the arrangement of "i want to hold your hand" from the beatles musical film "across the universe". not sure if they credited the song as that.
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