Man, way to offer your sympathies Donny Jr. The comments on that tweet are vomit worthy.

I’m getting really tired of seeing “You can only control your reaction to other people’s behaviour”.

I read this aloud to my wife, who is an outspoken feminist and therapist... she laughed at the level of reaching.

I can understand being bothered by this but for me, it doesn’t read as sexism. It reads as bad art. Toxic people cause pain and misery in their vicinity. This photo completely misses this crucial element.

It is a...painfffullly difficult reach.

Thank you. I was sitting here wondering if I was an asshole the entire time I was reading the post.

Is life even worth living without manufactured outrage?

It’s not like it’s a slow news day

This is a definite reach.

That’s because there’s nothing to hear.

Nnnnnnnnnnnngh, if THAT’S the kicker, that’s nearly as bad as “sorry, Marvin Gaye’s family says you can’t write any more songs with disco drums or a sparse musical arrangement.”

But I feel like she changed the phrasing of both songs a little so they met in the middle?

Same. Do not hear it at all. Doesn’t even sound close to me. I think it’s a stretch to give No Scrubs writers credit for Shape of You.

I concur, on all counts. I might even suggest he fight this in court. An infinite number of songs are based on a similar template/ format. If you are going to reach for credit-worthy similarities here, why stop there...

This is why I hated the judgment in the Blurred Lines case. It essentially ruled that the estate of Marvin Gaye owns that song’s general rhythm and production style.

Yeah, but that’s kind of how medleys work...

When they asked Tom Petty about the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Dani California using the some progression of Mary Jane’s Last Dance, his response was, more or less, “well, there’s only so many different combinations of notes that work together.”

We’re entering very dangerous territory if a 4 note sequence or time signature is now covered by copyright.

At least the young, thin, flat-chested demo is getting plenty of flattering options. WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE THIN GIRLS??

Preach