"Blurred Lines" hit makers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have submitted their argument to prove that the song was not stolen from Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up", dragging Ludwig van Beethoven into the issue.
According to TMZ, Thicke and Williams pointed out several differences between notes in the songs, but both admitted that "Blurred Lines" starts with repeated notes similar to that of Marvin's song.
However, they argued that even Beethoven did the same thing in his renowned "5th Symphony", pointing out that musicians have been using repeating notes a long time ago, TMZ reported.
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" is more similar to "Working in a Coal Mine", a song from the '60s, than to Gaye's "Got to Give It Up", they said.
Earlier this month according to The Independent, Thicke admitted that he had not written the song, saying he had exaggerated his part on the song, based on the court papers filed on September 15.
Also in the court papers filed on September 15, Williams said he had composed the melody and had written the lyrics of the song. Thicke's part came in embellishing the song.
In April, Thicke said he was more absent than present during the song's composition because he was under the influence of painkiller and alcohol, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio. So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted - I - I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit," adding that he was no longer taking Vicodin.
The song's rip-off issue started when Gaye's two kids, Nona and Frankie Christian, filed a lawsuit claiming that the "Blurred Lines" song was copied from their father's "Got to Give Up".
The Gaye siblings pointed out in their argument that Robin admitted during his interview with Billboard and GQ that Gaye's song was one of his favorite songs, adding that he wanted "to make something like that, something with that groove," according to TMZ.
According to the report, Gaye siblings want damages, which include profits.
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