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Here’s a weird one. Robin Thicke’s monster summer hit “Blurred Lines” owes some obvious debt to older songs. In particular, Marvin Gaye’s almighty “Got To Give It Up” stands as a predecessor — the weird little percussion accents, the falsetto, the general sense of horniness. And sure, you could probably draw a lineage between the [...]
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Pharrell: Williams denies 'Blurred Lines' rips off Marvin Gaye: 'It's completely different'
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