Ten years ago in the summer of 2013 blurred lines was everywhere. Eventually it made its way to court for sounding too much like a Marvin Gaye song called got to give it up The verdict in that court case had huge implications for the music industry and it's the reason Ed Sheeran was just in court because this When your legs don't work like they used to before kind of sort of sounded a bit too much like this Coming up on today explain the lasting legacy of a song that just refuses to go away Today explain Sean Rames firm here with Jason green contributing writer at pitchfork who's recently written about blurred lines and Thinking out loud, where the two songs intersect.
Ed Sheeran just won a big copyright trial. But he might not have even been in court if not for Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines.” Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene explains how the song of the summer from 10 years ago simply refuses to go away.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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