Tip: got an iPhone? Try visiting Oversome! in Safari and experience our special iPhone version of the site! |
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 [...]
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
Related Articles
![](templates/artists/370.jpg)
Robin Thicke: Weird Al’s Mandatory Fun Tracklist Reveals Probable Parodies Of Iggy Azalea, Lorde, Robin Thicke
submitted by Nick Jul 2nd 2014 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
![Vote for this article - make it popular!](templates/red/images/thumbup.gif)
![Request removal of this article](templates/red/images/thumbdown.gif)
A couple of weeks ago, comedy-rock god “Weird Al” Yankovic teased the forthcoming release of his new LP Mandatory Fun, which will be his 14th studio album and which may turn out to be his last. All we knew about it was that it would include a perhaps-inevitable Iggy Azalea parody. Yankovic has just unveiled [...]
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
![](templates/red/images/emailicon.gif)
![](templates/red/images/addfavicon.gif)
![](templates/artists/370.jpg)
Robin Thicke: releases tracklisting to album named after estranged wife 'Paula'
submitted by Nick Jun 19th 2014 10:00 am (www.nme.com)
![Vote for this article - make it popular!](templates/red/images/thumbup.gif)
![Request removal of this article](templates/red/images/thumbdown.gif)
Tracks include 'Get Her Back' and 'Too Little Too Late'
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
![](templates/red/images/emailicon.gif)
![](templates/red/images/addfavicon.gif)
![](templates/artists/2299.jpg)
Spin Doctors: Gabe Asks Spin Doctors For Some Wild ’90s Road Stories
submitted by Nick Jun 11th 2014 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)
![Vote for this article - make it popular!](templates/red/images/thumbup.gif)
![Request removal of this article](templates/red/images/thumbdown.gif)
Here’s the final video from our adventures at Napa Valley’s BottleRock Festival. You saw Stereogum’s wine and music correspondent Gabe Delahaye chat with a wide assortment of artists like No Age, Blues Traveler, Matisyahu, and “Robin Thicke”; get karaoke tips from Ed Kowalczyk; and taste wine wit...
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
![](templates/red/images/emailicon.gif)
![](templates/red/images/addfavicon.gif)
![](templates/artists/370.jpg)
Robin Thicke: 'Blurred Lines' named most downloaded song in UK history
submitted by Nick Apr 22nd 2014 10:00 am (www.nme.com)
![Vote for this article - make it popular!](templates/red/images/thumbup.gif)
![Request removal of this article](templates/red/images/thumbdown.gif)
Track tops chart with over 1.5m sales, ahead of songs by Adele and Maroon 5
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
![](templates/red/images/emailicon.gif)
![](templates/red/images/addfavicon.gif)
![](templates/artists/370.jpg)
Robin Thicke: performs 'Let's Stay Together' for wife following separation
submitted by Nick Mar 5th 2014 03:00 pm (www.nme.com)
![Vote for this article - make it popular!](templates/red/images/thumbup.gif)
![Request removal of this article](templates/red/images/thumbdown.gif)
The singer said he still loves actress Paula Patton
![](templates/red/images/speechbubble.gif)
![](templates/red/images/emailicon.gif)
![](templates/red/images/addfavicon.gif)
<< Previous56789101112131415next >>
Popular News this week
![](templates/artists/542.jpg)
Wilco: are selling their us...
0 votes - 31 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 31 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/889.jpg)
Billy Ray Cyrus: claims wif...
0 votes - 29 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 29 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/383.jpg)
Amy Winehouse: Glastonbury ...
0 votes - 21 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 21 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/1053.jpg)
Eagles: extend their Sphere...
0 votes - 18 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 18 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/23.jpg)
Foo Fighters: Watch Black S...
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/2875.jpg)
Drake: Camila Cabello calls...
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 15 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/1165.jpg)
Common: Sage – “Edin”...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/123.jpg)
Coldplay: talk nearly missi...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/1054.jpg)
Neil Young: Stream Neil You...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
![](templates/artists/6.jpg)
Avril Lavigne: live at Glas...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Random Statistic
![](templates/red/images/stats.gif)
neophyte is the all-time top commenter, having posted 40 comments on the site
New People on Oversome!