Elvis Costello is fine with Olivia Rodrigo copying his guitar riff

[FFXIV WhiteMage 5,935]

These kinds of lambasting are to be expected as one steps higher and higher to stardom 

 

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[Ziggy 11,870]

1 hour ago, Kimmo said:

Both sound dated and forgettable so… 

i mean...it sounds dated because Elvis Costello is 66 years old and used it roughly 40-some odd years ago and made it emblematic of that era of music  i don't think we can say an oldies tune is "dated" because it's like...duh

[Noah 26,972]

44 minutes ago, bionic said:

Was she not already the HSMTMTS breakout star at that point

The Album was meant to be an EP at first, but was turned into an Album because she wanted all Songs on there. She was ‚popular‘ enough, but I dont think anyone imagined her to do this well especially since most of her socials didnt even have like millions of followers.

[Hebi 13,928]

Why does everyone feel threatened by a 18-year old girl?? like, grow the **** up

[bionic 50,107]

19 minutes ago, Hebi said:

Why does everyone feel threatened by a 18-year old girl?? like, grow the **** up

Because she's the rising MPG

[Teletubby 150,044]

1 hour ago, Blake said:

I mean I hear this iconic song personally, so.

The song samples the riff from Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up",  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Child_(Rogue_Traders_song)

[Babba the Hutt 453]

Nice of him to act so maturely about it! These days, people love to get offended on others behalf so it's funny when that person they think they represent actually doesn't care 

As for Olivia, it's fine? Things like this are just so common in the music industry, difference is not all of them become lawsuits, etc. so yeah, no need to hate on "the new Avril Lavigne "

[ProdigyARTPOP 3,910]

these comments are so salty and so nasty,

interpolation and sampling exists and it doesn’t make you less of an artist,

Gaga has done it countless times.

It’s funny to see you guys turn exactly into Madonna fans when newcomers come along, do better and be better. 

Stop being bitter