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.

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.”

That one was a direct lift, intentional or not. Christ, even a local radio DJ said it sounded like I Won’t Back Down played during a church mass.

You absolutely know this if you know them.

Yeah, no, I still got nothing. They just sound like two pop songs written in the same key and time signature.

Anyone can “cover” a song, change the vocal melody and the instrumentation and make it sound like a different song.

Well, I mean, I get it. Nobody wants to admit they married the wrong person and/or made a bad decision to have kids, so it’s easier to say “nobody ever sees this coming” or “everyone goes through this.” It acquits you of any responsibility for your poor decision making.

I guess the syncopated vocal delivery is stylistically reminiscent, but man, I would not award a dime in this case.

As I’ve explained before, predominantly European male gingers have a weird, pale, slightly waxy “botched replicant” look to them.

This. She’s either the unluckiest woman who married the biggest con artist (with the weirdest scheme) of all time (“haha, I’m on the hook for child support now, financially at the very least! GOT YOU! SUCKER!” What?) or she convinced herself that he’d stop staring at his phone and playing with his dick when the baby…

I’m gonna be honest. I don’t hear it at ALL.

Nope. This is all covered in “marry the right person and discuss all this shit before you have kids.”

Seems like it would be hard to stretch “marry the right person and discuss all this shit before you have kids” into an actual book, but hey, she got at least one sucker, so good on her.

What do you mean, “why?”

I’m not sure, but at his age, even a severely sprained ankle could fail to stave off weight gain. We men are not genetically predisposed as a gender to remain slim and fit into our golden years.

Didn’t watch the video; knew what it was from the screenshot. Good song, too.

Yup. Let’s just restrict the practice, like all others, to the areas where it still makes some kind of scientific or sociological sense.

Most cars come with visors and they make these things called sunglasses. Stop being weak.

I kinda prefer overcast days to sunny days myself. It’s not about the sun. It’s about daylight.

Bingo.