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"Groove Coverage" uses part from Jefferson
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jobarth said on November 2, 2002 15:57:
By chance I saw the video clip from “Groove Coverage” - “God is a girl” and noticed that the melody of their refrain was taken from Roxette’s “Jefferson”. It’s the part, when Marie sings: “I do believe he didn’t do wrong, I say a prayer for someone I care for” but with another lyrics.
Convince yourself, here is an excerpt from the refrain:
http://www.roxetteforum.com/attachments/Croove_Coverage_-_God_is_a_girl....
Ferdan said on November 2, 2002 17:12:
Oh Per, wake up and don’t let yourself to be stole that way!
sue sue sue sue sue :P
Or make EMI to sue those artists, so you don’t look like Malmstedt :)))
fireworks said on November 2, 2002 17:49:
oh my god, what a ripoff of Jefferson!
The entire song is based on that refrain
See for yourself....download the ENTIRE song from Kazaa and check it out...
SUE! SUE! SUE! SUE!
misteryman00 said on November 2, 2002 22:11:
OK well i must say it really similar...but maybe they had the RIGHt to do it?!?!
Santi said on November 2, 2002 22:41:
Ok, now it’s clear... it’s a cover band (the other song they have on KazaA is Moonlight Shadow... “carried away by a Moonlight Shadow”... Mike Oldfield, you all know...)
So I guess is a cover band, and from there it comes the name, and probably they have the right to do it.
Kiwein1 said on November 3, 2002 00:28:
Actually they did not cover “Jefferson”. They just used a phrase from the song but did not record a new version of it. The question is if this can still be called a “cover”. Did they mention “Jefferson” anywhere? Don’t think so.. )-:
zeeshan said on November 3, 2002 12:58:
geee... what a ripoff!!!
duh! SUE SUE SUE! hehehe just kiddin’
Well if they are a cover band then ofcourse they can do that but alteast they should write the name of the original song and artisit which they are covering.
Zee
Santi said on November 3, 2002 16:31:
Now I’m not so sure. I have checked their website and they don’t say anything about Roxette, but they do say Moonlight Shadow is a cover of Mike Oldfield’s classic.
Groove Coverage is a (or some... sorry, “my german” doesn’t exist :D) German DJ(s), so it’s not a cover band.
I have written an e-mail to ask if they know anything about Roxette’s “Jefferson”... Let’s see what do they say :P
Peppermint said on November 3, 2002 16:41:
Good that you also recognized it. I thought I was the only one...
ditroia said on November 4, 2002 00:19:
I agree it;s almost exactly the same just a bit faster.
Dave
ally77 said on January 31, 2003 17:40:
Congraulations Per.... you won... well deserve to, that will teach them a lesson.
-Gee- said on January 31, 2003 18:50:
SUE SUE SUE (i’m not kiddin’)
that cheap crap song gets on my nerves every day on the radio....
CRIZ said on January 31, 2003 21:30:
Wow...congrats to jobarth! You won too!!! :) Nice that Rox-fans can have that much power...makes me very proud to be one!!! Per..what about Jeanette Biedermanns “Rock my life”??? It doesn’t have the same melody as “The look” but..hmm..lots of similarities in the arrangements. Same guitar-style...rhythm...nananana.....>:) You really notice it if you listen to the intrumental version of her singel CD....*evilgrin*
harriej said on January 31, 2003 21:47:
Latest news I heard is that this band has been sued by Roxette/EMI and that Roxette have won!!
Groove Coverage has to pay 50% of the royalties.
(Should have been 110%).
I hope all coverbands will get sued by the original artists.
DON’T COVER, BE ORIGINAL!!!
Ferdan said on January 31, 2003 23:06:
Covering a song has nothing to do with stealing....
now i have to say something mean for you.... i can’t think of anything right now
Lennon said on February 1, 2003 10:22:
Wouldn’t it have been better if Per would have let this Song just be a “Groove Coverage”-Song?
I mean, everybody knows that the melodies in Jefferson-Bridge and GIAG-chorus are the same.
And everyone knows that “Jefferson” was the first song and that it is Gessle’s melody.
I thought he would have been “wise” enough to just let it be like it is.
Because on the other hand you might find lots of stolen (??) or at least very similar motivs in Gessle-Songs that existed before. (Wild Thing - Dressed for Success; Dr. Feelgoods “Roxette” and “Do you wanna be my baby”; The intro of Speedo I also heard in an older song)
I think that musicians should tolerate things like this. At least in cases like this when it is obvious.
If Per was an unknown artist and his song would have been stolen and became a hit, situation would be different.
But in this case?
Just my opinion.
PiterPam said on February 1, 2003 11:40:
But this Jefferson-part in GIAG is to similar to let it be like it is, i think
PP
Starrox said on February 1, 2003 12:51:
@Lennon: They are making money off something Per wrote and claimed it was them who wrote it... why should Per tolerate that? No matter how you look at it, it’s copyright infringement and they shouldn’t be allowed to simply get away with it!
Starrox said on February 1, 2003 12:56:
>I mean, everybody knows that the melodies in Jefferson-Bridge and GIAG-chorus are the same.
I doubt anyone except us (or make that people who’ve heard Jefferson before) knows about that! I mean, it’s not like they mentioned Per’s name somewhere in the booklet or anything like that...
Santi said on February 1, 2003 13:07:
@Lennon -> You know it because you’re a Roxette fan and someone told about the other song in here. I’ve never listened to God is a girl on the radio.
Most people that listens to music like God is a girl would never buy a Rox album, and as Jefferson was not released as a single they would have never known that melody was in fact a Roxette’s one.
It’s not as obvious as it seems for you, most people in fact didn’t know this.
Lennon said on February 2, 2003 13:56:
I just mean he needn’t to do this. Of course it’s not fair if those people from “Groove Coverage” know that they took it from Jefferson.
But I have doubts that they really have been aware about it at all. Maybe they heard this song before somewere (because the similarity appears too big as it could be by accident) and just forgot about it. I believe they had no bad intention against any copyrights when they released GIAG.
And again: the one who is free of sins should throw the first stone.
Per has also “stolen” themes (like someone wrote: “Uptown Girl” and this Sven-Ingvars-Song is one of the most obvious examples).
I just think that musicians should take it a little bit more easy, because it’s no fun anymore if you have to be afraid to be taken to court if you release a new song, just because someone finds a similar motiv that excisted before.
Jefferson is not a hit-single, so you’re right: only people knowing RS very well will notice this similarity. I just think that Mr Gessle wouldn’t have any harm if he had tolerated it.
unti said on February 16, 2003 23:32:
I think, Lennon has right. I really love Roxette, but this goes too far. Per and the members of Groove Coverage should sit in a restaurant, talk about it, and Groove Coverage should pay the bill. That would be fair. And Per could be proud of having a “cover” of a few notes. Isn´t the length of the part to short, to call it cover???
joyrider said on November 2, 2002 16:15:
funny... why not a complete roxette cover by an artist... here a bit, there a bit... jeanette’s rock my life = the look, groove coverage’s god is a girl = jefferson ... any song else??