Radiohead sue Lana Del Rey

2018-01-08 by ConcubinaryCode | 243 Comments
Lana Del Rey says she's dealing with a lawsuit from Radiohead over alleged similarities to their song "Creep". The offending song in question is "Get Free" off Del Ray's latest record which came out last year. On Twitter Lana explained, “Although I know my song wasn’t inspired by 'Creep', Radiohead feel it was and want 100% of the publishing. I offered up to 40 over the last few months but they will only accept 100.”

UPDATE:Representatives of Radiohead have revealed that they've been discussing with Lana Del Rey's representatives on getting acknowledgment that "Get Free" features similar elements musically that would favor the writers of "Creep" but stated no lawsuit has been filed like Lana Del Rey mentioned on Twitter.


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IAMERROR
January 8th 2018
331 Comments


Would someone who was innocent offer up to 40% of their royalties earned from their hard-worked art to make a lawsuit go away?

Not that I'm picking sides. I only strongly like Radiohead's Paranoid Android and that's because Ergo Proxy is my favorite animu.

This song sounds A LOT like Creep though, lol. Even though a song is likely to sound like a prior song at some point, you gotta admit...it's a little too close for comfort.

Lord(e)Po)))ts
January 8th 2018
70239 Comments


MY FAVORITE ANIMUUUUU

grannypantys
January 8th 2018
2573 Comments


wasn't Creep inspired by a 70's song?

A little hypocritical maybe.

GhostB1rd
January 8th 2018
7938 Comments


lmao

grannypantys
January 8th 2018
2573 Comments


Iggy Pop should be the one suing since she stole his album title.

Piglet
January 8th 2018
8476 Comments


lana del reydiohead

Snake.
January 8th 2018
25250 Comments


too bad iggy's brain is fried to the point where his motor skills can't process enough information to even hire an attorney

JJKeys
January 8th 2018
1322 Comments


Never heard of Radiohead before, but these nobodies can't touch my queen 🙌🙌🙌 slayyyy

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
January 8th 2018
26081 Comments


This sounds pretty dumb tbh

Frippertronics
Emeritus
January 8th 2018
19513 Comments


"too bad iggy's brain is fried to the point where his motor skills can't process enough information to even hire an attorney"

whoa you're stupid

Frippertronics
Emeritus
January 8th 2018
19513 Comments


and Creep is fucking garbage, why does Radiohead care so much about a song they hate in the first place? Ah, of course...money.

Lord(e)Po)))ts
January 8th 2018
70239 Comments


lana dey is stupid af but so is sueing people over stuff like this

GhostB1rd
January 8th 2018
7938 Comments


I hate Lana Dey.

Deathconscious
January 8th 2018
27347 Comments


"Would someone who was innocent offer up to 40% of their royalties earned from their hard-worked art to make a lawsuit go away?"

Uhh, yeah. Defending yourself in court costs a lot of time and money.

What a bunch of cunts.

GreyShadow
January 8th 2018
7031 Comments


lmao this is so stupid. similar? sure. but there are so many dozens of songs that are similar and these two aren't even close enough to warrant any sort of intelligent comparison let alone suing

ConcubinaryCode
January 8th 2018
7542 Comments


I don't know what's more embarrassing for radiohead, this lawsuit or admitting Creep exists and is their song.

foxblood
January 8th 2018
11159 Comments


idiots make bad song long ago and sue other idiot over making unrelated bad song now

Piglet
January 8th 2018
8476 Comments


so wait in these cases is it the band that's suing lana del gey or the record label or both?

ConcubinaryCode
January 8th 2018
7542 Comments


She says the bands lawyers have been the ones hounding her. So I think the actual band.

el_newg
January 8th 2018
2068 Comments


it does sound pretty similar, but yeah this kind of stuff seems incredibly dumb to me

Piglet
January 8th 2018
8476 Comments


I'm confused as to exactly how courtrooms are supposed to adjudicate these kinds of claims anyway, for example, what exactly is the criteria for alleged similarities?

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
January 8th 2018
32020 Comments


Not like they need the money, dammit. And she bargaining with the shares is hilarious lol

SitarHero
January 8th 2018
14702 Comments


This song is better than Creep tbh.

ConcubinaryCode
January 8th 2018
7542 Comments


"According to U.S. copyright law, in the absence of a confession, musicians who accuse others of stealing their work must prove "access"—the alleged plagiarizer must have heard the song—and "similarity"—the songs must share unique musical components. though it is difficult to come to a definition of what is "similarity"." also when radiohead got sued over Creep they had the credit the accusers as co-writers which I found interesting. I guess it's down to how well the lawyers present their cases of if the song was plagiarised or not.

PatientlyDead
January 8th 2018
145 Comments


When the fuck are people and especially artists going to learn that we have peaked with popular music?! It has all been sounding similar since the 80s. What the fuck do these cuntbuckets in Radiohead expect from a pop artist like Lana? I agree Lana may have taking inspiration from the song (even down to the vibrato in the voice), but Radiohead are just assholes for claiming they own the right to a couple of chord progressions that have been overplayed to shit by tons of other artists.


Snake.
January 8th 2018
25250 Comments


yikes alright i'd like my comment to be deleted before i kms asap

god bless having severe autism i guess

theacademy
Emeritus
January 8th 2018
31865 Comments


fuck radiohead!!!!

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
January 8th 2018
18256 Comments


The fuck are Radiohead on?

impoppy
January 8th 2018
2250 Comments


It just uses a borrowed minor chord while moving away from the major chord that's actually in the key, that doesn't make it Creep. This is a move I really wouldn't have expected from them.

Deathconscious
January 8th 2018
27347 Comments


Yorke has always been sort of a douche, so i guess im not that surprised.

joesmoe4000
January 8th 2018
678 Comments


i hate lana del rey! [2]

Spec
January 8th 2018
39402 Comments


Radiohead hates the song anyways. Why do they care??

IAMERROR
January 8th 2018
331 Comments


"MY FAVORITE ANIMUUUUU"

Hey man, I said that with full knowledge of how gay I sounded, haha.

"Uhh, yeah. Defending yourself in court costs a lot of time and money."

You're right in that regard, but I would argue that as a recording artist if my creativity, originality, and integrity were on the line I would fight tooth and nail to defend myself.



Lucifer
January 8th 2018
141 Comments


This song is better than Creep tbh. [2]

Storm In A Teacup
January 8th 2018
45703 Comments


At best...and if anything... "Get Free" is "Creep" if "Creep" were a good song... but it's not...case closed...

WilliamJ
January 8th 2018
10 Comments


Wouldn't be surprised if it was just label execs trying boost their royalties, i doubt Radiohead really give a fuck seeing as 1. They Hate Creep 2. Tend not to give a fuck about money handing out albums for free 3. Rich as hell 4. Were so forthcoming when accused themselves with the same song.

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
January 8th 2018
22500 Comments


I hate to be the dissenter around here, but I've always presumed it obvious that Radiohead were credited. It took me seconds to think that this sampled (or whatever the correct term is these days) 'Creep'. I'm no Radiohead fanboy of any kind, but this has really surprised me. The main question I have is why has it taken so long for them to bring legal proceedings?


Trophycase
January 8th 2018
1931 Comments


Not really hearing the similarity tbh.

iambandersnatch
January 8th 2018
1935 Comments


idk how you couldnt hear the similarity, it's literally the same tempo and chords throughout the song (not to mention tone), up until the secondary chorus which is different.

Trophycase
January 8th 2018
1931 Comments


Ok, yeah. I was skipping through the song and didn't hear it, but I definitely hear it now at 1:00

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


sue the meme till it dies

KevinKC
January 8th 2018
1254 Comments


Maybe Radiohead hate Lana Del Rey that's all and they're a bit bored at the moment.

InFlamesWeThrash666
January 8th 2018
10557 Comments


Lana Del Rey > Radiohead

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


no he shouldn't

hobblepot
January 8th 2018
2947 Comments


the should sue Nothing for Eaten by Worms then

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


yes the should

jusplathemus
January 8th 2018
248 Comments


This feels a bit of a reach.
I could name at three instances off the top of my head where the rip-off is so blatant, that I think it's actually hilarious.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
January 8th 2018
18936 Comments


The verse is a rip-off. She must lose in court.

DinosaurJones
January 8th 2018
10402 Comments


Llama Del Ray

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


you could replace lana's lyrics with Creep's at 1:00 and it would be a perfect match

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


Yeahhhhhhh, I'm with Radiohead on this one. The similarities are uncanny. Albeit, Radiohead may have ripped this song off themselves, but how many people reallllllly know that Hollies song? Everyone and their grandmothers knows "Creep", it's forever enriched in pop culture, so Lana and her songwriters really should've seen this coming.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


radiohead should get sued too

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


I don't see that happening, they got lawyers out the ass. But who knows? It's almost as if their reasoning is: "Well, I guess if anyone is gonna make money off such a terrible song, it's gonna be us."

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


"creep" is a good song tbh

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


I would totally say the same if the song wasn't shoved down my throat for the past 25 years.

guitarded_chuck
January 8th 2018
18070 Comments


radiohead doesnt have enough money

bloc
January 8th 2018
70025 Comments


Hmm, the songs are pretty similar.

Radiohead is huge and everyone knows the song Creep. They've made millions off of it. I would just let it go. Also funny how they don't even acknowledge the existence of Pablo Honey but still wanna sue.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


they did it for the lulz

AlexKzillion
January 8th 2018
17144 Comments


When's Chino gonna sue Glassjaw tho?

SCREAM!
January 8th 2018
15755 Comments


Lana Del Rey > Radiohead[2]


Also, if Lana has really offered 40% I don't know what they expect to gain from bringing this to court. It's not like this is some massive hit, is it really worth the trouble to potentially gain a few more percentage points? How much do they really expect to get, clearly the 100% figure is bs.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


probably just the recognition, or just the lulz

lana del rey sucks btw

guitarded_chuck
January 8th 2018
18070 Comments


its greed and ego, signs that maybe radiohead need to move on with their lives tbh

johnnyblaze
January 8th 2018
3405 Comments


ya this was blatant. no, radiohead doesnt need the money, but lana can get fucked if she thinks this is even mildly original.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


why couldn't it be about artistic integrity?

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


"Lana Del Rey > Radiohead"

I want some of what y'all are smokin', y'all must be crazy

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


del rey is barely passable tbh

guitarded_chuck
January 8th 2018
18070 Comments


OHSHIT HE WENT THERE

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


Yeah, for real. I like her stuff, don't get me wrong, but she'll never hold a candle to Radiohead. At some point, she'll fade into obscurity, while Radiohead will still go down as legends or whatever. And I'm pretty sure all the people defending her are probably still in high school.

bloc
January 8th 2018
70025 Comments


Has artistic integrity ever been a real thing lol

MO
January 8th 2018
24016 Comments


"Not really hearing the similarity tbh."

same this is pretty dumb

guitarded_chuck
January 8th 2018
18070 Comments


its not about her being better than radiohead nobody thinks that its about radiohead, arguably the most successful band in the world since their origin, being petty

Eons
January 8th 2018
3770 Comments


Huh, I wonder what happens when like a smaller band sounds too much Radiohead and are selling records but maybe not that many. Would the band still sue them? If not, maybe they don't like that Lana is making a lot of profit from it.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


why can't radiohead be petty

and they're right

guitarded_chuck
January 8th 2018
18070 Comments


being petty is never a positive

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


not for other people

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


Radiohead kinda hasssss become the butt of jokes and memes as of late, so maybe that's why they're being "petty".

gryndstone
January 8th 2018
2732 Comments


oh no oh damn its the same fuckin uhhh chord progression call up the lawyers get her for everything she's worth

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


There's more similarities other than just the chord progression

gryndstone
January 8th 2018
2732 Comments


also can we talk about radiohead having to pay out to another band for copyright infringement on creep but they're trying to pull this

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


the rhythm, the tone, the mood, etc

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


"also can we talk about radiohead having to pay out to another band for copyright infringement on creep but they're trying to pull this"

Are we talking about The Hollies again?

gryndstone
January 8th 2018
2732 Comments


I guess so

don't get me wrong, i get *why* they're suing, but it just seems kinda hypocritical to do so when they themselves did the same thing to another band for the SAME reason

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


I guess it's not a big deal because no one ever gave a shit about The Hollies. But that's just my guess.

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


But there is totally no denying that Radiohead ripped their song off. Maybe a rookie mistake they made early in their career. Either way, Del Rey and her songwriters should've known better.

Valkoor952
January 8th 2018
4813 Comments


"When's Chino gonna sue Glassjaw tho?"

lmaoo

xfearbefore
January 8th 2018
2038 Comments


And Creep is a rip off of The Hollies "The Air That I Breathe" so Radiohead should kind of shut the fuck up on this one.

That said I'll take any opportunity to bash on Lana. She's the human embodiment of every cliched hipster girl you've ever met and her music is fucking garbage. I wish nothing but the opposite of success for her career.

xfearbefore
January 8th 2018
2038 Comments


"I guess it's not a big deal because no one ever gave a shit about The Hollies."

Except yeah they definitely did and they were incredibly popular and were one of the 10 consistently highest charting musical acts in the UK in the 60s. They were basically just a step below the top tier of Beatles/Stones/Kinks as far as the British rock scene went at the time. They don't get the modern love they should.

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


Lana Del Rey makes music for Xan'ed out white girls who dead-fish during sex.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


radiohead should be sued too

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


"They were basically just a step below the top tier of Beatles/Stones/Kinks as far as the British rock scene"

Eh, never really been up my alley, and I hate The Rolling Stones.

Maco097
January 8th 2018
3305 Comments


Radiohead should be sued for not stopping after Ok Computer.

claygurnz
January 8th 2018
7554 Comments


^lmao ok

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
January 8th 2018
26570 Comments


yeah they have no chance of winning this

SitarHero
January 8th 2018
14702 Comments


Radiohead absolutely should sue because they got sued out of half their royalties for Creep, I'm assuming. However there's no way they're gonna get 100% credit considering only the verses are cribbed and not the whole song.

But even if they did get 100% of the credit and royalties what does that translate to in the 2018 music industry economy? $50? xD

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


He's got a point

TheEnygma
January 8th 2018
147 Comments


she was probably like "if they don't wanna play the song anymore, then I'll do it myself"

SCREAM!
January 8th 2018
15755 Comments


I don't really understand how this stuff works but does it even make sense for Radiohead to sue? If they ripped off the song from The Hollies wouldn't The Hollies "own" that progression/whatever?

ConcubinaryCode
January 8th 2018
7542 Comments


Radiohead are pissy over their spotify royalties. They definitely care about money, whether they need it or not.

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


They gave y'all too many free albums, they need that money now

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


they're probably losing money with the lawsuit, so it's not about the money tbh

cold
January 8th 2018
6721 Comments


Also, Thom needs a new eyeball every 3 years. Don't deprive him of that you heartless bastards.

ArsMoriendi
January 8th 2018
40965 Comments


This is WAAAAAY closer to Creep than Creep is to The Air That I Breathe.

I'm not saying I care about this, but that's worth noting I guess

JWT155
January 8th 2018
14948 Comments


Chances are Radiohead has lawyers who's job it is is to sue anyone who creates a song stirringly similar to theirs. Look at Disney, they by default sue anyone and anything that possibly infringes on their trademarks, and it's not personal it is purely procedural:

https://www.theselfemployed.com/law/disney-threatened-sue-daycare-centers/

I think music is very much in a similar vein. An artist's music is everything to them. They should be proactively protecting their source of income from being infringed upon.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


yeah i was thinking that too

artists don't even have to be aware that the lawsuit is happening at all

SitarHero
January 8th 2018
14702 Comments


"I don't really understand how this stuff works but does it even make sense for Radiohead to sue? If they ripped off the song from The Hollies wouldn't The Hollies "own" that progression/whatever?"

From what I've read, Radiohead had to give The Hollies a co-writing credit, so maybe it's safe to assume that they lost approximately 50% of the royalties.

However, this also relates to the Rolling Stones/Verve dispute over Bittersweet Symphony. The difference there is that The Verve directly sampled a Rolling Stones song rather than just recording similar music. Even then, the Stones initially settled for 50% before pushing for 100%, which they probably only achieved because they had way more clout and resources and The Verve couldn't (at the time) afford to fight it out and protect their interests.

In this instance, Lana Del Rey is already successful and rich, and can probably protect her interests in the song if she wants to. But my feeling is that The Hollies will get 50% of whatever Radiohead gets out of the song. So here's my breakup of how the royalties may devolve.

Possibility I: Most likely scenario
1. Del Rey - 50%
2. Radiohead - 25%
3. The Hollies - 25%

Possibility II: If The Hollies ALSO sue
1. The Hollies - 33-50%
2. Del Rey - 25-33%
3. Radiohead - 25-33%

Possibility III: If Del Rey capitulates
1. Radiohead - 50%
2. The Hollies - 50%
3. Del Rey - 0%

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


this turned into game theory, statistics and probabilities

bloc
January 8th 2018
70025 Comments


I also hear it was the managers who are doing the suing, perhaps not the band members themselves.

Prancer
January 8th 2018
1602 Comments


"Also, Thom needs a new eyeball every 3 years. Don't deprive him of that you heartless bastards."
loool

CygnusX1
January 8th 2018
808 Comments


Radiohead needs money and Del Rey makes unoriginal music. Not much new in 2018 huh

Tyler.
January 8th 2018
19020 Comments


Didn't read the thread but is there a chance this is the label that released Pablo honey ?

hal1ax
January 8th 2018
15775 Comments


only 888 comments till we break this thread

hobblepot
January 8th 2018
2947 Comments


Thom isn't a greedy man, I think this was their lawyers entirely

TheSpaceMan
January 8th 2018
13614 Comments


Scandalous

hal1ax
January 8th 2018
15775 Comments


thom is an angel !! he would never dare!!!~

TheSpaceMan
January 8th 2018
13614 Comments


Yeah and can you really trust someone who makes pop music

Cygnatti
January 8th 2018
36025 Comments


it's kinda similar for the first verse, but everything else is totally different.

AtomicWaste
Moderator
January 8th 2018
2888 Comments


40% feels like a fair offering here. Inspiration can, unfortunately, be subconscious sometimes, and there's more than just a little similarity here.

IAMERROR
January 8th 2018
331 Comments


Playing Devil's Advocate a little bit more, but copyright owners have to set a precedence by suing people whom infringed upon their copyrights otherwise they may lose even more down the line because a judge will say, "You didn't have a problem with x infringement, you're not allowed to have a problem with y infringement."

I base this off of the reading I did about companies like Blizzard shutting down private servers and the like. I don't have any judicial expertise so correct me if I'm wrong.

bloc
January 8th 2018
70025 Comments


Thom's got the all seeing googly eye

botb
January 8th 2018
17800 Comments


People are saying they don’t see the resemblance to this? The chord progression is literally exactly the same and some of her vocal melodies are nearly identical, save one or two syllables

emmny
January 8th 2018
111 Comments


drag the hipster sellout !

butcherboy
January 8th 2018
9464 Comments


offering 40% is pretty much an admission of guilt.. should have played it cool, and said she'd never even heard of Creep, Radiohead, Britain or music..

SCREAM!
January 8th 2018
15755 Comments


The chord progression IS the same but that isn't saying all that much. It's a few chord put together, something anyone could have stumbled on accidentally or not.

And I mean, just look at all the songs that use the classic famed "4 chords" and aren't considered plagiarism. There are some added similarities here that do make for a case but I don't feel it's all that strong. The 40% (along with opportunity to bypass all the legal bs) seems like a reasonable offering to my unknowledgeable self.

xfearbefore
January 8th 2018
2038 Comments


"Eh, never really been up my alley, and I hate The Rolling Stones."

I just meant in terms of popularity not the quality of their music. They were really big in the UK in their heyday. Very successful.

Deathconscious
January 8th 2018
27347 Comments


"offering 40% is pretty much an admission of guilt"

Not at all. Its not uncommon to pay out to avoid going through the time and money needed defending yourself from a lawsuit.

Deathconscious
January 8th 2018
27347 Comments


"Radiohead should be sued for not stopping after Ok Computer."

Thinking their alt rock era was the peak of their career, lol what a pleb.

butcherboy
January 8th 2018
9464 Comments


""offering 40% is pretty much an admission of guilt"

Not at all. Its not uncommon to pay out to avoid going through the time and money needed defending yourself from a lawsuit."

sounds guilty to me.. burn her! burn the thieving witch! that's how contemporary social laws work now, isn't it?

JAV
January 8th 2018
3545 Comments


If it wasn't pointed out to me I probably never would have noticed.

GhostB1rd
January 8th 2018
7938 Comments


Some of you are legit deaf.

Divaman
January 8th 2018
16120 Comments


I just listened to her song for the first time. All I can say is she has no chance of winning.

IAMERROR
January 8th 2018
331 Comments


"Not at all. Its not uncommon to pay out to avoid going through the time and money needed defending yourself from a lawsuit."

Re-posting my prior reply to this statement because I'm curious as to how somebody who thinks along your lines would respond:

You're right in that regard, but I would argue that as a recording artist if my creativity, originality, and integrity were on the line I would fight tooth and nail to defend myself.

JAV
January 8th 2018
3545 Comments


Easy to say when it's not your money being flushed defending yourself.
There's no telling how much time and money going to court will take.

50iL
January 8th 2018
5398 Comments


Not like they need the money, dammit. And she bargaining with the shares is hilarious lol [2]



GhostB1rd
January 8th 2018
7938 Comments


"There's no telling how much time and money going to court will take."

According to the members of Tool, it consumes their entire lives. Forever.

DamnVanne
January 8th 2018
3506 Comments


“I don't know what's more embarrassing for radiohead, this lawsuit or admitting Creep exists and is their song.”

My feelings exactly. Let the girl sing a bad song that your band isn’t even proud of and wasn’t wholly original anyway. Dis petty af

altertide0
January 8th 2018
3026 Comments


I love Kid A as much as the next man but Radiohead are a bunch of fucking hypocrites for this.

The Hollies should definitely sue, tho.

GhostB1rd
January 8th 2018
7938 Comments


Lana Dey should poison Thom's Rogaine.

Asdfp277
January 8th 2018
24275 Comments


they got sued so bitches get sued too

i can only dream to be this petty and extra

xfearbefore
January 8th 2018
2038 Comments


wait is it sputnik canon now to think creep is a bad song?

Cygnatti
January 8th 2018
36025 Comments


"People are saying they don’t see the resemblance to this? The chord progression is literally exactly the same and some of her vocal melodies are nearly identical, save one or two syllables."

you know that like half the songs on the radio have the same chord progression, right? also, the verses have the same chord progression between these two songs, but lana's actually switches it during the chorus.

tastepolice
January 8th 2018
422 Comments


"I don't know what's more embarrassing for radiohead, this lawsuit or admitting Creep exists and is their song. "

ajajajaja I could never have put it better

conesmoke
January 8th 2018
7875 Comments


The song is a hard rip. HARD RIP. Lana knows this. Radiohead probs shouldnt have cared as much as they did. A funny post about the resemblance to creep would have been better PR.

conesmoke
January 9th 2018
7875 Comments


Im a fan and i would have preferred they do what i said.

Eat shit

conesmoke
January 9th 2018
7875 Comments


Fuck your general.

Aids
January 9th 2018
24509 Comments


'Yeahhhhhhh, I'm with Radiohead on this one. The similarities are uncanny. Albeit, Radiohead may have ripped this song off themselves, but how many people reallllllly know that Hollies song? Everyone and their grandmothers knows "Creep", it's forever enriched in pop culture, so Lana and her songwriters really should've seen this coming."

that's so stupid. this whole thing is so stupid. Radiohead literally settled with The Hollies and the guy who wrote The Air That I Breathe is credited as a writer on Creep. Doesn't matter how big the song is.

Also, everyone steals everything. Guaranteed The Hollies stole it from someone smaller. That's how this shit works.

Also, for what it's worth, the Lana Del Rey song is the best of the 3. I don't see why Radiohead don't just let it go. Do they need the money? What's the point? They didn't write the song. Plus it's like a My Baby's First Chord Progression anyway. Not a lot to rip off. This whole thing is really dumb.

IAMERROR
January 9th 2018
331 Comments


"Easy to say when it's not your money being flushed defending yourself.
There's no telling how much time and money going to court will take."

What is your credibility worth to you?

zaruyache
January 9th 2018
27371 Comments


"wait is it sputnik canon now to think creep is a bad song?"

radiohead is boring so yeah :-)

butcherboy
January 9th 2018
9464 Comments


there's a creepy guy who lives down the street who should sue all of the parties involved..

ps. listening to TLC's creep now, fantastic tune!

butcherboy
January 9th 2018
9464 Comments


here and there..

butcherboy
January 9th 2018
9464 Comments


hahaha, shit.. I like insomniac and king of limbs the most because they're actually interesting and arty, as opposed to doing a good job at playing arty like a lot of their work.. kid a and in rainbows are their best albums all things considered though.. and the best tunes off ok computer are their absolute best songs, though that album was not the 90's zeitgeist I was part of.. last album was a fucking bore.. I hope that all made sense..

butcherboy
January 9th 2018
9464 Comments


yea, haha amnesiac (messing up that name is all sorts of meta).. should revisit them though, haven't listened properly in more than a year now..

CharacterMusings
January 9th 2018
167 Comments


Secretly Radiohead is using the lawsuit to procrastinate making Rad10head.

conesmoke
January 9th 2018
7875 Comments


You used to be alright



What happened..

BlackMalachite
January 9th 2018
3711 Comments


As much as Radiohead annoys me and as much as their discography is overrated, I just listened to Lana's song and it's a pretty clear rip-off of Creep.

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


if you think this lawsuit has merit, you aren't a musician.

onionbubs
January 9th 2018
20709 Comments


just bc songs have the same chord progression in the verse does not mean its a rip off. total joke

AlexKzillion
January 9th 2018
17144 Comments


I don't even hear the similarity tbqh idk

Seeing her live in a few weeks should be lit

AlexKzillion
January 9th 2018
17144 Comments


Remember when that rapper stole the drum break from that one song?

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


I was listening the whole time thinking, "okay, maybe the chorus really sounds like it" but nope, nothing.

radiohead can fuck off with this lawsuit.

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


Would you look at that? lowlife can read now. Christ on a cracker, it's a miracle!



Lord(e)Po)))ts
January 9th 2018
70239 Comments



"Digging: BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III"

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


Lord(e)Po)))ts


Never go full Canadian retard.

GhostB1rd
January 9th 2018
7938 Comments


"Digging: BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III"

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


Isn't All Time Low still one of your favorite bands?

GhostB1rd
January 9th 2018
7938 Comments


Actually no.

Desdinova
January 9th 2018
632 Comments


well hello there pretty lady guest *-wink

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


I was talking to your other personality.

GhostB1rd
January 9th 2018
7938 Comments


Which?

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


"Digging: BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III"


never thought I'd say this but I agree with pots here

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


potsy hates anything with more than 100 ratings

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


and I hate pots but he still has a point

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


I hate all users with less than 1000 comments

also all users with 10 or more alts

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


when are y'all gonna realize it's not a fucking alt if it's your new account lmaooooooo I don't have any alts

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


what's the difference at this point

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


a heavy amount

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


what kind of person can't even maintain an account on a web site? this task is simpler than taking a shit. you treat it like wiping your ass then rubbing the paper on your face on accident.

GhostB1rd
January 9th 2018
7938 Comments


torts?

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


a kind of person who aint sterile as shit and says what the fuck they wanna say, ya heard

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


yeah, you're a real trailblazer

changin' the world, one n-word usage at a time

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


free lana she aint do shit

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


quarrel? this is a friendly interchange

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


i love someguest

someguest
January 9th 2018
30126 Comments


no, there's at least two of us

lmao

Desdinova
January 9th 2018
632 Comments


hey men! dont forget me and hi there pretty women? can you do a skype to share moment.

AlexKzillion
January 9th 2018
17144 Comments


Someguest with the good dig

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


I crowdkilled during no love and no one else laid a FINGER

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
January 9th 2018
11971 Comments


Wow a real life badass on our humble website what an honour

Ovrot
January 9th 2018
13304 Comments


basements rock
whats wrong with basements

Ovrot
January 9th 2018
13304 Comments


the way it was meant to be

hal1ax
January 9th 2018
15775 Comments


girls have cooties

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


woop woop

Kiedrowsbr
January 9th 2018
14 Comments


It is quite similar, Radiohead has a case, as lame as it might seem to us. Not a bad song/remix though...

goblinilbog
January 9th 2018
1074 Comments


Radiohead & Lana are in conspiracy to both stay relevant so they worked up this little situation to be in the news and get people talking about them

goblinilbog
January 9th 2018
1074 Comments


Also, why aren't we talking about how Trent Reznor & Marilyn Matt Bellamy copied Johnny Cash's song with Lana Del Ray but no one acknowledges Cash'/Grande's ownership!?

RadicalEd
January 9th 2018
9546 Comments


Complete bullshit tbh. And I hate every Lana Del Ray song I've ever heard.

Allergist
January 9th 2018
1079 Comments


Fucking hypocrites. The same hipster assholes who have tried so hard to distance themselves from “Creep” are now trying to make a profit off another song that sounds like it. Like wtf? You’ve spent years bashing and trying to bury that song and now someone else releases a song that has similarities and now it’s time to make a profit? Fuck this band.

mifzal
January 9th 2018
3441 Comments


Pure greed, I'm with Lana on this, and I hate her. Get this emo bitch outta ma face after this
Just kidding, she's hot

imaChemist
January 9th 2018
6 Comments


Only liberal snowflake social justice warriors would get mad over radiohead suing that dumb bitch lana

Deathconscious
January 9th 2018
27347 Comments


Just listened to the song, there are definitely similarities but to sue over it is pretty ridiculous.

SpiritCrusher2
January 9th 2018
6362 Comments


not a fan of either of them, but that shit is almost identical. I don't see anything wrong with the lawsuit tbh.

cold
January 9th 2018
6721 Comments


"Also, for what it's worth, the Lana Del Rey song is the best of the 3. I don't see why Radiohead don't just let it go. Do they need the money? What's the point? They didn't write the song. Plus it's like a My Baby's First Chord Progression anyway. Not a lot to rip off. This whole thing is really dumb."

lolololololololololol y u so salty

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


but he's right tho

cold
January 9th 2018
6721 Comments


He may be right, I don't get why people are so passionate about the issue.

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


was that passionate or are you just uuuhhhhh projecting?

cold
January 9th 2018
6721 Comments


It's whatever you would like it to be, my friend

SpiritCrusher2
January 9th 2018
6362 Comments


yea people getting really crazy over this for some reason

cold
January 9th 2018
6721 Comments


^that's what I'm talking about

SCREAM!
January 9th 2018
15755 Comments


was that passionate or are you just uuuhhhhh projecting?[2]

cold
January 9th 2018
6721 Comments


It's whatever you would like it to be, my friend [2]

JWT155
January 9th 2018
14948 Comments


The amount of people in here who have no idea what they're talking about is mind boggling...

Thom Yorke and Company are not sitting on their computers bored trying to find songs that sound similar to theirs and suing. They have lawyers for christ sake who's job it is to protect their music and the use/exploitation of it. The chances that any of them probably are directly involved with this are slim to none.

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


idk man, the album came out a bit ago now. pretty sure if it was solely lawyers/execs, this would've came earlier

SCREAM!
January 9th 2018
15755 Comments


I admittedly don't know much about how that stuff works but does it really make sense that their legal team would initiate something of this magnitude without the band being involved in any way? I find that hard to believe...

soymilk13
January 9th 2018
420 Comments


no, it does happen. just usually not this far out from when something is released. it seems way more petty than that

JWT155
January 9th 2018
14948 Comments


I'm sure the band would have to agree with them to pursue it, but I'd say there's no chance in hell they started this. Radiohead are one of the biggest most successful bands in the world, they have lawyers and pay other people to deal with this.

JWT155
January 9th 2018
14948 Comments


"no, it does happen. just usually not this far out from when something is released. it seems way more petty than that"

Really? Almost most of the lawsuits in terms of musical infringement I've ever seen are usually years if not decades after the song in question was released.

Hell Bittersweet symphony came out in 1997 and it was until 1999 that the Rolling Stones sued The Verve, and that was years after releasing one of the most popular songs of the 90s.

gschwen
January 9th 2018
989 Comments


It’s one thing to make a song with a similar chord progression to an obscure song— you can plausibly deny you’ve ever heard it before and plead ignorance. I can’t believe no one in Lana’s camp and said “well that’s the same melody as “Creep”, a hugely famous song”. Sam Smith and the Tom Petty thing is similar.

Spec
January 9th 2018
39402 Comments


People saying they don’t hear a resemblance are absolutely ridiculous.

SpiritCrusher2
January 9th 2018
6362 Comments


^ this

also, news: https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-havent-sued-lana-del-rey-publishers-say/

MusicinaBox
January 10th 2018
807 Comments


Even though this may be a silly lawsuit, if you think she didn't rip that chorus from creep you are painfully fucking tone deaf.


MusicinaBox
January 10th 2018
807 Comments


Also, fuck pitchfork, but this
https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-havent-sued-lana-del-rey-publishers-say/

TrephineArtist
January 10th 2018
285 Comments


Radiohead could do a cover of the Lana Del Rey song.

Asdfp277
January 10th 2018
24275 Comments


they could

Cygnatti
January 10th 2018
36025 Comments


it'd make more sense of the hollies sued but whatevs lol

Feather
January 10th 2018
10111 Comments


Thats hilarious because when I originally listened to the album this was one of my faves because it sounded a lot like creep

Feather
January 10th 2018
10111 Comments


also, fine, 40% sounds fair to me tbh.

someguest
January 10th 2018
30126 Comments


People saying they don’t hear a resemblance are absolutely ridiculous.


The same chord progression in some of the verses =/= plagiarism.

Asdfp277
January 10th 2018
24275 Comments


People saying they don’t hear a resemblance are absolutely ridiculous. [2]

Asdfp277
January 10th 2018
24275 Comments


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=251145035421147&set=a.126576014544717.1073741830.100015769560079&type=3

Rik VII
January 10th 2018
4130 Comments


Hmm.

Creep (acoustic version) > The Air That I Breathe > Get Free > Creep (album version), imo

Don't hear THAT much of a similarity between Creep and The Air That I Breathe, but Get Free is just the same melody, de facto. That said, the melody sounds very common and there are probably a lot of other songs out there that sound quite like it. Not that that matters in this particular case - wait, not that it matters at all because allegedly, Radiohead didn't sue her.

It's confusing.

Egarran
January 10th 2018
33883 Comments


In one corner we have a band of world-weary weirdos who once made some hits, and in the other we have a ditzy girl roleplaying as a femme fatale.
They're going to settle who owns the rights to a common chord progression.

It's the artistic battle of the century!

Asdfp277
January 10th 2018
24275 Comments


dumb breakdown tbh

Egarran
January 10th 2018
33883 Comments


Of the week then.

Yotimi
January 10th 2018
7666 Comments


yeah she definitely stole this. She even does that little vocal drop thingy at the 54 second point

Egarran
January 10th 2018
33883 Comments


Stealing implies someone lost something.

Yotimi
January 10th 2018
7666 Comments


steal: to appropriate without right or acknowledgement, as in ideas, words, songs, etc.

hobblepot
January 10th 2018
2947 Comments


yo idk if anyone else heard but Radioheads manager released a statement earlier, apparently their is NO lawsuit, Radiohead just wanted some acknowledgement because of how similar the songs sound. they're not looking for royalties at all. lana might have made this out to be something way bigger than it actually is, possibly to drum up some media attention? or maybe she was just massively let down by everything the band did post-OK Computer and wants them taken out

hasan
January 10th 2018
988 Comments


they sound a bit but i want to hear pop they have money why did they do this to get mad at some one for the song

i have a new cd to come out i made

hal1ax
January 10th 2018
15775 Comments


both are songs sounding a similar but neither songs hits hard on my cd player

Deathconscious
January 10th 2018
27347 Comments


So shes just an attention whore then i guess. Not a bad way to get publicity i suppose.

Egarran
January 10th 2018
33883 Comments


"Radiohead themselves were successfully sued by over Creep's similarities to The Air That I Breathe by The Hollies."
Heh

Tyler.
January 10th 2018
19020 Comments


radiohead

hasan
January 11th 2018
988 Comments


radio head

SitarHero
January 11th 2018
14702 Comments


Rey Del Lana



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